The Wisdom of Compassion Quotes

“External circumstances are not what draw us into suffering. Suffering is caused and permitted by an untamed mind. The appearance of self-defeating emotions in our minds leads us to faulty actions. The naturally pure mind is covered over by these emotions and troubling conceptions. The force of their deceit pushes us into faulty actions, which leads inevitably to suffering. We need, with great awareness and care, to extinguish these problematic attitudes, the way gathering clouds dissolve back into the sphere of the sky. When our self-defeating attitudes, emotions, and conceptions cease, so will the harmful actions arising from them. —His Holiness the Dalai Lama”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights

“Peace means when there is conflict, use our common sense and our compassion to consider rest of humanity, our human brothers and sisters.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights

“Time always moving. From past we can learn something. But important is future-because future yet to come. Future in our hands But out of ignorance, and also lack of wider perspective, often our action brings bad result, with painful consequences.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights

“Compassion helps the wisdom, or intelligence, become more constructive. And intelligence nurtures, sustains compassion.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights

“Unbiased compassion however, is based on the realization that others, even our enemies, have the right to be happy and avoid suffering, just as much as we do. This compassion extends to everyone.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights

“Out of ignorance and lack of wider perspective, we deliberately create more problem for ourselves”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights

“Compassion causes positive transformation within our bodies. Through that way, healing takes place.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights

“Your Holiness, elite education makes us arrogant, conceited. It makes us think we are the answers to everything. You know what this expensive education does to us? It destroys us.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights

“Altruism is the surest and most effective way to bring about genuine life satisfaction.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights