Dalai Lama Quotes About Country

• Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Country, Peace

• I have been confronted with many difficulties throughout the course of my life, and my country is going through a critical period. But I laugh often, and my laughter is contagious. When people ask me how I find the strength to laugh now, I reply that I am a professional laugher.

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Laughter, People

  Dalai Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever (2010). “My Spiritual Journey”, p.23, Harper Collins

• NEVER GIVE UP No matter what is going on Never give up Develop the heart Too much energy in your country Is spent developing the mind Instead of the heart Be compassionate Not just to your friends But to everyone Be compassionate Work for peace In your heart and in the world Work for peace And I say again Never give up No matter what is going on around you Never give up

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Giving Up, Heart

• Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family.

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Simple, Diversity

• I feel that compassionate thought is the most precious thing there is. It is something that only we human beings can develop. And if we have a good heart, a warm heart, warm feelings, we will be happy and satisfied ourselves, and our friends will experience a friendly and peaceful atmosphere as well. This can be experienced community to community, country to country, continent to continent.

  Dalai Lama

  Positive, Happy, Friends

  "Kindness, Clarity, and Insight".

• The time has come to educate people, to cease all quarrels in the name of religion, culture, countries, different political or economic systems. Fighting is useless. Suicide.

  Dalai Lama

  Suicide, Country, Fighting

  "Dalai Lama laughs off China's criticism" by Rod Mickleburgh, www.theglobeandmail.com. September 8, 2006.

• Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually.

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Jobs, Lying

  Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1989.

• It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.

  Dalai Lama

  Running, Country, Long

• I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Thinking, Littles

• One country ... one ideology, one system is not sufficient. It is helpful to have a variety of different approaches ... We can then make a joint effort to solve the problems of the whole of humankind.

  Dalai Lama

  Education, Country, Learning

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.65, Shambhala Publications

• His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Country, Holiness

• In some respects I have been the most unlucky because I have spent more time living as a refugee outside my country than I have spent in Tibet. On the other hand, it has been very rewarding for me to live in a democracy and to learn about the world in a way that we Tibetans had never known before.

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Hands, Democracy

• I'm now nearly 79. At 16 I took responsibility for Tibet and lost my freedom. At 24 I lost my country and became a refugee. I've met difficulties, but as the saying goes: 'Wherever you're happy, you can call home, and whoever is kind to you is like your parents.' I've been happy and at home in the world at large. Living a meaningful life isn't just a matter of money; it's about dedicating your life to helping others.

  Dalai Lama

  Meaningful, Country, Home

• I hope that at this moment you are thinking of yourself as a human being rather than as an American, Asian, European, African, or member of any particular country. These loyalties are secondary.

  Dalai Lama

  Loyalty, Country, Thinking Of You

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2011). “How to Be Compassionate: A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

• From that viewpoint, America, free country, democratic country, so more opportunity. Still is more sort of Alive. This is my feeling.

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Opportunity, America

  Source: www.kpbs.org

• In a free country, America, or India, and Japan, and many places, democracy country, free country, but still within the sort of rule of law, some injustice, some sort of problems, some discrimination, and also some sort of scandals or the corruptions. These things, you see, they are always in my mind, I think many people agree, lack of moral principle.

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Thinking, Law

  Source: www.kpbs.org

• Rulers come and go. It's the people who are the real rulers of the country.

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Real, People

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• Some people say that the West has a cruel history. These people also may see the achievements of Western countries - in terms of the economy, education, health, and social achievements - as a result of exploitation of poorer countries, including Arab countries. Western nations get rich by using resources such as Arab oil. Meanwhile, the countries supplying them raw materials remain poor. Due to such injustices, jealousies are created.

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Using Resources, Oil

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. January 1, 2006.

• We must openly accept all ideologies and systems as a means of solving humanity's problems. One country, one nation, one ideology, one system is not sufficient.

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Mean, Humanity

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.65, Shambhala Publications

You May Also Like:

Mahatma Gandhi

Desmond Tutu

Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha

Nhat Hanh

Billie Holiday

Heinrich Harrer