How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life. – HH The Dalai Lama
High Realizations
All good qualities must be sown and cultivated. We can’t expect to change overnight from an ordinary person into one with high realizations. – HH The Dalai Lama
Overcome Negative Conditioning
If we make a steady effort, I think we can overcome any form of negative conditioning and make positive changes in our lives. – HH The Dalai Lama
Preoccupied with our Own Welfare
Altruism means that we should not be exclusively preoccupied with our own welfare. This does not imply that one should become a martyr! – HH The Dalai Lama
Useful to Others
We can’t be useful to ourselves unless we’re useful to others. – HH The Dalai Lama
Develop Our Inner Values
We need to make an effort to develop our inner values, irrespective of whether we are religious or not. – HH The Dalai Lama
Develop a Good Heart
The proper use of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart. – Dalai Lama
A World Without Nuclear Weapons
We all must seek and work for a world without nuclear weapons. – HH The Dalai Lama
Sincere Positive Motivation
Every day, when you get up, you can develop a sincere positive motivation: I will utilize this day in a more positive way. – HH The Dalai Lama
With or Without Religion
I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion. – HH The Dalai Lama
Genuine Practitioners
The efforts we make sincerely to transform ourselves spiritually are what make us genuine practitioners. – HH The Dalai Lama
