Dalai Lama Mental Quotations

A genuine smile touches something fundamental in us: our natural appreciation of kindness.

It is a question of our own peace and mental stability.

When we talk about global crisis, or a crisis of humanity, we cannot blame a few politicians, a few fanatics, or a few troublemakers. The whole of humanity has a responsibility because it is our business, human business. I call this a sense of universal responsibility. That is a crucial point.

Be a good human being, a warmhearted, affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief.

Be gentle with the earth.

It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.

There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and small continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful.

The many factors which divide us are actually much more superficial than those we share. Despite all of the things that differentiate us - race, language, religion, gender, wealth and so on - we are all equal concerning our fundamental humanity.