Dalai Lama Quotes About Harmony

• Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Dream, Spiritual

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1989.

• The message of love and compassion will travel far and wide if all who follow a spiritual path work together in harmony and mutual respect.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Compassion, Working Together

• Harmony can not thrive in a climate of mistrust, cheating, bullying; mean-spirited competition.

  Dalai Lama

  Motivational, Cheating, Bullying

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins (2003). “How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

• I appreciate any organization or individual people who sincerely make an effort to promote harmony between humanity, and particularly harmony between the various religions. I consider it very sacred work and very important work

  Dalai Lama

  God, Organization, People

• Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony.

  Dalai Lama

  Foundation, Harmony, Genuine

  Dalai Lama (2012). “The Compassionate Life”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

• You use force, you create fear. Fear destroys trust. Trust is the basis of harmony. The hardliner believes harmony and unity can be brought by force. That's totally unscientific, totally wrong.

  Dalai Lama

  Believe, Unity, Use

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

• Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve to heat up the situation, whereas a true sense of respect gradually cools down what otherwise could become explosive. We must recognize the frequent contradictions between short-term benefit and long-term harm.

  Dalai Lama

  Respect, Attitude, Long

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.172, Penguin Books India

• Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need both material and spiritual development. This is why, for our own good and that of society we need to balance material progress with inner development.

  Dalai Lama

  Happiness, Being Happy, Spiritual

• An important distinction can be made between religion and spirituality. Religion [is] concerned with faith in the claims to salvation of one faith tradition... Spirituality is concerned with qualities of the human spirit, love and compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, contentment, a sense of responsibility, a sense of harmony, that bring happiness both to self.

  Dalai Lama

  Responsibility, Compassion, Self

• Genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun.

  Dalai Lama

  Heart, Gun, Harmony

• Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.

  Dalai Lama

  Important, Messages, Harmony

• Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

  Dalai Lama

  Heart, Together, Use

• I have three commitments. Number one commitment is promotion of human value. Number two commitment is promotion of race harmony. Number three commitment is about Tibet. My retirement is the third commitment. The previous two commitments, to my death, I have committed.

  Dalai Lama

  Retirement, Commitment, Numbers

  Source: www.opti-mystical.com

• I just want to live as a simple Buddhist monk, but during the last thirty years I have made many friends around the world and I want to have close contact with these people. I want to contribute to harmony and peace of mind, for less conflict. Wherever the possibililty is, I'm ready. This is my life's goal.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Simple, Years

• I can do what my energy, my time, to my other sort of commitment. And then also emotional, religious harmony. So in these two field, now that more or less I think the spirituality or human values in these fields, I may consider my only professional field. The political, national struggle, these are not my profession.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Struggle, Commitment

  Source: www.kpbs.org

• Peace must first be developed within an individual. And I believe that love, compassion, and altruism are the fundamental basis for peace. Once these qualities are developed within an individual, he or she is then able to create an atmosphere of peace and harmony. This atmosphere can be expanded and extended from the individual to his family, from the family to the community and eventually to the whole world.

  Dalai Lama

  Believe, Compassion, Community

• My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Commitment, Compassion

• What is important is to see how we can best lead a meaningful everyday life, how we can bring about peace and harmony in our minds, how we can help contribute to society.

  Dalai Lama

  Meaningful, Everyday, Mind

• We can solve many problems in an appropriate way, without any difficulty, if we cultivate harmony, friendship and respect for one another.

  Dalai Lama

  Way, Problem, Harmony

• Kindness is the key to peace and harmony in family life.

  Dalai Lama

  Kindness, Keys, Harmony

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.24, Penguin Books India

• In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, West, Harmony

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