Dalai Lama Quotes

You can know a person is a good person or a bad person by who they are, not by what they look like.

One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did.

The basis of Ronald Reagan was his humanity. I might not have agreed with his politics, but my research - all I read about him and by him - was that he was revered because he had a big heart. He was very religious and sincere. He believed that one spoke truths because, otherwise, people would know you were lying. None of that even applies to Trump.

I think I'm a decent person.

I boil down people to 'good heart' or 'bad heart' - meaning they're basically good or basically not.

I'm a good person. I've led a good life.

No single answer can hold the truth of a good heart.

Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

A good heart cannot lye

Please be truthful, but also please be benevolent, please.

Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.

We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.

In any character I ever play, whether she's good or bad or whatever, my most important thing is heart.

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

I think people know that I've got a good heart.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

As long as I'm a good person and I do things from the heart, that's all that matters.

Be sweet, be good, and honest always.

I want to be a good human being.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

The most important thing is that you be a good person and you live by the golden rule of do unto others. If you live by that, that's all I care about.

My mother taught me to be honest, to be selfless, and to touch people in a positive way.

I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and sense of responsibility with or without religion.