Dalai Lama Quotes

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it.

We discover that all human beings are just like us, so we are able to relate to them more easily. That generates a spirit of friendship in which there is less need to hide what we feel or what we are doing.

I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved.

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

Human unity is not something we are called on to create — only something we are called on to recognize.

Differences in religious beliefs, politics, social status, and position are all secondary. When we look at someone with compassion, we are able to see beyond these secondary differences and connect to the primary essence that binds all humans together as one.

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.

We so desperately long for all of us to learn that we are meant for one another. We are meant for complementarity. The Syrians are members of our family.

For me, it's to be able to see that every life matters. Every life matters - no matter where, no matter how big, no matter how small. I've been able to see that in so many of the trips that we've taken around the world. That's been something that's been so eye-opening to me. I share that concept with everyone I come in contact with, so that we can unite around people. We can unite around one nation under God here, and we can unite that everybody matters. I think in this day and age right now, it's important. People need to be able to see something bigger than themselves.

It doesn't matter where you come from or who you think you are, we're all human beings with beating hearts.

Each human being, however small or weak, has something to bring to humanity. As we start to really get to know others, as we begin to listen to each other's stories, things begin to change. We begin the movement from exclusion to inclusion, from fear to trust, from closedness to openness, from judgment and prejudice to forgiveness and understanding. It is a movement of the heart.

I think what travelling has done for me and for many generations of my family - my grandmother was a great example - it's really highlighted for me how similar we all are and how many values we all share as people on this planet.

I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

There cannot be enduring peace, prosperity, equality and brotherhood in this world if our aims are so separate and divergent, if we do not accept that in the end we are people, all alike, sharing the Earth among ourselves and also with other sentient beings, all of whom have an equal role and stake in the state of this planet and its players.

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

I was brought up to understand that we are all here on planet earth together.

I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.

No one is ever really a stranger. We cling to the belief that we share nothing with certain people. It's rubbish. We have almost everything in common with everyone.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.