Toni

“Our shared problems do not fall from the sky, nor are they created by some higher force. For the most part, they are products of human action and human error. If human action can create these problems in the first place, then surely we humans must have the capacity as well as the responsibility to find their solutions.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“When I speak about love and compassion, I do so not as a Buddhist, nor as a Tibetan, nor as the Dalai Lama. I do so as one human being speaking with another. I hope that you at this moment will think of yourself as a human being rather than as an American, Asian, European, African, or member of any particular country. These loyalties are secondary. If you and I find common ground as human beings, we will communicate on a basic level.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to Expand Love: Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships

“When our attitude towards our material possessions and wealth is not proper, it can lead to an extreme attachment towards such things as our property, houses and belongings. This can lead to an inability to feel contented. If that happens, then one will always remain in a state of dissatisfaction, always wanting more. In a way, one is then really poor, because the suffering of poverty is the suffering of wanting something and feeling the lack of it.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Dalai Lama’s Book of Wisdom: Words from His Holiness on Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Compassion

“It is illogical to expect smiles from others if one does not smile oneself. Therefore, one can see that many things depend on one’s own behaviour.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Dalai Lama’s Book of Wisdom: Words from His Holiness on Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Compassion