A compassionate attitude opens our inner door, and as a result it is much easier to communicate with others. If there is too much self-centered attitude, then fear, doubt and suspicion come and as a result our inner door closes. Then it is very difficult to communicate with others.
Dalai LamaIf you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others' well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating effect.
Dalai LamaBecause the twentieth century was a century of violence, let us make the twenty-first a century of dialogue.
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