Dalai Lama XIV Quotes

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.

The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

Love is the absence of judgment.

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

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance

Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.

If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it.

The more you are motivated by Love, The more Fearless & Free your action will be.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure.

If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy.

Spend some time alone every day.

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

I always try to share with others the idea that in order to become compassionate it is not necessary to become religious.

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.

From the scientific view, the theory of karma may be a metaphysical assumption -- but it is no more so than the assumption that all of life is material and originated out of pure chance

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart.

In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.

A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.

We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.

People should never sit alone for too long when they're crying.

Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable.

We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha's own words must be rejected.

I always tell my Western friends that it is best to keep your own tradition. Changing religion is not easy and sometimes causes confusion. You must value your tradition and honor your own religion.

The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.

Happiness doesn't always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it.

When I doubt that I exist, I pinch myself.

We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder. You always have the choice.

The more honest you are, the more open, the less fear you will have, because there's no anxiety about being exposed or revealed to others.

As a Buddhist, I see no distinction between religious practice and daily life. Religious practice is a twenty-four hour occupation.

The secret to my own happiness, my own good future, is within my own hands. I must not miss that opportunity!

If your mental health is sound, then when disturbances come, you will have some distress but quickly recover.