Dalai Lama Quotes

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

Whatever you want too much you can't have, so when you really want something, try to want it a little less.

Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.

There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

We're surrounded by wonder, and yet we want more, and we want it bigger, faster, louder, better.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

I always want more.

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.

The sharpest sword is a word spoken in wrath; the deadliest poison is covetousness ;, the fiercest fire is hatred, ;, the darkest night is ignorance. The greatest gain is to give to others ;, the greatest loss is to greedily receive without gratitude ;, an invulnerable armor is patience ;, the best weapon is wisdom.

We shall have to practise to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.

There's a significant difference between greed and hunger. When you're greedy, you just want things. That's your only need. But when you're hungry for things, it's a mixture of need and want, which is more logical to me.

He is the least in want who is the least covetous.

We were all brought up to want things and maybe the world isn't big enough for all that wanting. I don't know. I don't know anything

A voluntary simplification of life-styles is not beyond our abilities, but it is probably outside our desires.

Poor is the man who desires a lot

If thou desire not to be poor, desire not to be too rich. He is rich, not that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is poor, not that enjoys little, but he that wants too much. The contented mind wants nothing which it hath not; the covetous mind wants, not only what it hath not, but likewise what it hath.

Our economy is based upon people wanting more; their happiness on wanting less.

He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.

Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave.

In the march towards Truth, anger, selfishness, hatred, etc., naturally give way, for otherwise Truth would be impossible to attain. A man who is swayed by passions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.