Dalai Lama Quotes About Perspective

• In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel "burnout" setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself. The point is to have a long-term perspective.

  Dalai Lama

  Caring, Long, Perspective

• Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.

  Dalai Lama

  Attachment, Perspective, Vision

• I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any value. From a strictly practical perspective, on certain occasions violence appears to be useful. We can solve a problem quickly by force. But this success is often at the expense of the rights and welfare of others. Although one problem has been solved, the seed of another has been planted.

  Dalai Lama

  Rights, Perspective, Violence

• From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus much better than insects. But we can also say that insects are innocent and free from guile, where as we often lie and misrepresent ourselves in devious ways in order to achieve our ends or better ourselves. From this perspective, we are much worse than insects.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Lying, Teaching

  "Dzogchen: Heart Essence of the Great Perfection" by Dalai Lama, Snow Lion Publications, 2004.

• If we continue to approach problems from the perspective of temporary expediency, future generations will face tremendous difficulties.

  Dalai Lama

  Motivational, Perspective, Faces

  Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins (2007). “How to See Yourself As You Really Are”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

• We have to adopt a wider perspective, and always find common things between the people of north, east, south, and west. Conflict comes from the basis of differencs.

  Dalai Lama

  Perspective, People, West

• Tibetans must take full authority and responsibility for developing industry, looking from all different perspectives, taking care of the environment, conserving resources for long-term economic health, and safeguarding the interests of Tibetan workers, nomads, and farmers.

  Dalai Lama

  Responsibility, Long, Perspective

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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