Dalai Lama Quotes

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.

I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher than peace.

Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

At the end of the day, I just want the world to live in peace and harmony.

You get World Peace through Inner Peace. If you've got a world full of people who have Inner Peace, then you have a Peaceful World.

We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

The very first step in nonviolence is that we cultivate in our daily life, as between ourselves, truthfulness, humility, tolerance, loving kindness.

Peace is not something you wish for, it's something you make

Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.

All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.

If you want a kinder world, then behave with kindness; if you want a peaceful world, make peace within.

Peace means far more than the opposite of war.

Peace is our passion.

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.

We have to be active about kindness and about peace. I've always fantasized that it would be great if there was a Department of Peace.

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.

I said peace is sometimes narrowly interpreted; it's the absence of conflict between nations or something. But peace is more inherent, more basic to human life, human beings, what we feel about each other, what we feel about life around us and what we see in our future.

Lord, Bless our enemies; have mercy upon them, may they turn their course and let us alone, and let us live in peace at our homes in our own native land.

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.