Dalai Lama Quotes

I don't support violence, period.

I don't see myself as a violent guy.

I'm not a violent person.

All that violence in the world, we need to stop that.

I am not a violent person. I actually don't like to hurt people.

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men.

What I really want is a world where no one alive can remember what the word 'war' means. That's my goal.

I declare that I will establish peace in this world.

We're not nearly as violent as the westerns.

My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.

One should not evoke violence by acting fearful.

Wise men promote peace in the world.

Do not slay them …. Scatter them.

I was raised Church of England but I love the Buddhist philosophy, it's very powerful, non-violent.

I am not a person who wants to hurt people.

I've never hurt a single person in my whole life - never even wanted to hurt someone.

I'm not here to hurt anyone or harm anyone.

I'm not a violent person; I'm not interested in violence.

I'm not a violent person at all, and I don't want to show violence for violent's sake.

I would never talking about hating a fighter. I don't hate no one.

All I want to say is this: Wouldn't the world be a better place if there is peace?

My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred.

Spiritual practice . . . involves, on the one hand, acting out of concern for others' well-being. On the other, it entails transforming ourselves so that we become more readily disposed to do so.

I'll not hurt thee, says Uncle Toby, rising with the fly in his hand. Go, he says, opening the window to let it escape. Why should I hurt thee? This world is surely wide enough to hold both thee and me.

Through awareness, you get a certain attitude. That's the way, you see, to achieve more peaceful, more compassion, more friendship through that way.