{"author":"Dalai Lama XIV","author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV","total_quotes":139,"quotes":[{"text":"Can there be a completely different set of laws of physics in a different universe, or do the laws of physics as we understand them hold true in all possible universes? If the answer is that a different set of laws can operate in a different universe system, this would suggest (from a Buddhist perspective) that even the laws of physics are entangled with the karma of the sentient beings that will arise in that universe.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["karma","physics","universe"],"id":2089,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"},{"text":"The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction but whether it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["desires","happiness","self-satisfaction"],"id":2455,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"},{"text":"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["inner-peace","self-acceptance"],"id":4672,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"},{"text":"War is massacre. It is 100 per cent negative.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["peace","peace-on-earth","world-peace"],"id":8368,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"},{"text":"I pray for all of us, oppressor and friend,that together we may succeed in building a better worldthrough human understanding and love,and that in doing so we may reducethe pain and suffering of all sentient beings.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["prayer"],"id":8557,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"},{"text":"The practice of cultivating altruism has a beneficial effect not only from the religious point of view but also from the mundane point of view, not only for long term spiritual development but even in terms of immediate rewards.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["altruism","spiritual-development"],"id":8910,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"},{"text":"Be kind to UNKIND people.They need it the most.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["kindness","kindness"],"id":10866,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"},{"text":"It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["spirituality"],"id":16598,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"},{"text":"There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["hope","life","pain","strength","tragedy"],"id":20359,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"},{"text":"If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["harm","help"],"id":24431,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":139,"pages":14,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}