In today’s interconnected and globalized world, it is now commonplace for people of dissimilar world views, faiths and races to live side by side. It is a matter of great urgency, therefore, that we find ways to cooperate with one another in a spirit of mutual acceptance and respect.
Dalai LamaThere is often a big disparity between the way in which we perceive things and the way things really are.
Dalai LamaThe only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.
Dalai LamaWe can't be useful to ourselves unless we're useful to others .... Anyone concerned only by his own well-being will suffer eventually. Anyone concerned with the well-being of others takes care of himself without even thinking about it. Even if we decide to remain selfish. let us be intelligently selfish - let us help others.
Dalai Lama