Dalai Lama Quotes

Developing concern for others, thinking of them as part of us, brings self-confidence , reduces our sense of suspicion and mistrust, and enables us to develop a calm mind.

it’s easy to get outside yourself when you’re thinking about someone else.

I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer.

I think really that's just the basic Christian lesson that sometimes takes us years and years to understand - have equal concern for another human being as you have for yourself or perhaps even more concern for another human being than you have for yourself.

When we truly are putting others first, we cannot but feel at peace with ourselves.

Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength.

Even the least work done for others awakens the power within; even thinking the least good of others gradually instills into the heart the strength of a lion.

When we stop thinking about ourselves, when we stop being so devoted to 'me,' we can start behaving in a way that actually benefits others!

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.

Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people.

You will begin to succeed with your life when the pains and problems of others matter to you.

Compassion has nothing to do with achievement at all. It is spacious and very generous. When a person develops real compassion, he is uncertain whether he is being generous to others or to himself because compassion is enviromental generosity, without direction, without " for me" and without " for them". It is filled with joy, spontaneously existing joy, constant joy in the sense of trust, in the sense that joy contains tremendous wealth, richness.

Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend

There is another element that is a part of human happiness — and that is that unless we think of others and do something for them we miss the greatest sources of happiness.

Altruism itself depends on a recognition of the reality of other persons, and on the equivalent capacity to regard oneself as merely one individual among many.

I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.

Concern yourselves more with the needs of others, with the needs of all humanity, and you'll have peace of mind.

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

Feel the needs of others more than your own.

One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.

Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.

In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.

Many people are unhappy and are not experiencing life to its fullest because they’ve closed their hearts to compassion, they are motivated by only what they want and what they think they need. They rarely do anything for anybody else unless they have an ulterior goal in mind. They are self-involved and self-centered.