Dalai Lama Quotes

We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.

There should be a spirit of dialogue. Whenever we see any disagreements, we must think how to solve them on the basis of recognition of oneness of the entire humanity. This is the modern reality.

We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.

I think the world should be one community.

Our world and our lives have become increasingly interdependent, so when our neighbour is harmed, it affects us too. Therefore we have to abandon outdated notions of 'them' and 'us' and think of our world much more in terms of a great 'US', a greater human family.

The peoples of the earth are one family.

We are the world.

The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual.

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking.

We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home.

In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better place.

Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.

Above all nations is humanity.

We are all cells in the same body of humanity.

I kind of feel like we're all humans; we all live on this planet. I kind of always wish there was more of a partnership - a really healthy relationship between people, working together to do things and make it good and change.

World Peace Day is envisioned to become a moment of global unity - it is up to each and every one of us to make this a reality.

Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a great orchestra, following the beat of the Greatest Conductor of all.

There is a social need within our lives as human beings to have harmony.

I often wonder if we could not solve the world's problems on a similar basis of harmony.

We are all children of the same God, and we have to come together to solve our problems and not be fighting so much.

God hath made of one blood all nations of men.

If the whole of mankind is to be united into one brotherhood, all obstacles must be removed so that men, all over the surface of the globe, should be as children playing in a garden.

Society is the body; individuals are its members, its limbs. Just as the various limbs help and co-operate with one another and thus are happy, so each must unite with others in being helpful to all in thought, speech and action... One may see to the good of one's own group, i.e., the group that is immediate to him, and then proceed to others.

We need a wider sense of community because we're all on the same planet.

I believe in the power of one and that we are all bound by the thread of oneness and humanity.