I think that the scientists are right. People who are always laughing have a sense of abandon and ease. They are less likely to have a heart attack t… - Tenzin Gyatso

If you live with fear and consider yourself as something special then automatically, emotionally, you are distanced from others. You then create the basis for feelings of alienation from others and loneliness. So, I never consider, even when giving a talk to a large crowd, that I am something special, I am 'His Holiness the Dalai Lama' . . . I always emphasize that when I meet people, we are all the same human beings. A thousand people — same human being. Ten thousand or a hundred thousand — same human being — mentally, emotionally, and physically. Then, you see, no barrier. Then my mind remains completely calm and relaxed. If too much emphasis on myself, and I start to think I'm something special, then more anxiety, more nervousness.

The more time you spend thinking about yourself, the more suffering you will experience.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.