Dalai Quotes

Dalai Quote of the day

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.

People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.

I do not respect the Dalai Lama. He's a political power broker. The Dalai Lama is not honorable to me.

The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

A female Dalai Lama must be very attractive, otherwise not much use.

The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about how we can better handle our destructive emotions and how to overcome them.

The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think is a great thought.

I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack.

Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.

I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times.

The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion?

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

I believe that Willy Nelson is the hillbilly Dalai Lama.

Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.

I think [Dalai Lama]is far and away the most solid, deep-thinking, far-sighted politician I've met, and I've been a journalist for 26 years for Time magazine, so I've met a lot of politicians.

If I prayed as much as I pluck, I'd be the Dalai Lama.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.

Dalai Lama's got nothing on me.

I don't like the antagonism that most religions have for science, and freedom and, frankly, individuality. I do like the Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood.

The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.

Yet [Dalai Lama] has said very strongly that basic freedoms of thought and speech have to be respected in Tibet and they're not at the moment. Tolerance doesn't mean accepting what's unfair.

I think Dalai Lama is always careful about stressing that people be led into the practice by somebody who knows what's going on.

The Dalai Lama says that when a Catholic and a Buddhist speak, the Buddhist becomes a deeper Buddhist and the Catholic becomes a deeper Catholic.

More than any religious figure that I can think of, Dalai Lama goes out of his way to attend interfaith conferences; religious harmony is one of his urgent priorities in life.

[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very good at that.

When I was two years old, I heard about his [Dalai Lama] flight from Tibet. Being very little, I said, "Oh, good Tibetans, bad Chinese." Those were the black-and-white ways that I thought.

Dalai Lama is very interested in learning from and sharing tips with people in other traditions, but he always stresses that we shouldn't underestimate the important differences between them.

With the war in Iraq, he [Dalai Lama] feels that the causes of that lie maybe hundreds of years ago, and he says, "What we do now may have consequences far into the future that we will never see."

Dalai Lama is taking a subtle and nuanced view of politics and he is thinking in terms of events well beyond our lifetime.

I heard about the Dalai Lama, you know and I thought to myself, why not me?

I would say that by virtue of transforming politics, [Dalai Lama] is in fact easily underestimated.

Dalai Lama has not coming to show us his kindness, so that we can enjoy his charisma, he's coming with a specific message for the specific circumstances of the world today.

I think Dalai Lama efforts have been heroic.

I'm human here, people. I'm not the Dalai Lama. But I'm trying.

I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.

Performing for the Dalai Lama - those are words I never imagined coming out of my mouth.

The Dalai Lama should not be partisan either, should remain above.

One thing is that [Tibetans] should not give up hope. That's - even [if] it lasts a century. My discussions with the Dalai Lama always were about that.

I would hesitate to give advice to the Dalai Lama and his people because they are suffering. The Dalai Lama suffered from exile and the people in Tibet suffer from oppression.

If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.

I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.

The Dalai Lama would say that meditation is something that can help everyone. But he's aware that it can be misused or things can go wrong.

Are there any celebs I'd like to meet? I'd love to meet the Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama once said that 'If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change!' This is a great thought! And great thoughts belong to great men only!

The Dalai Lama says don't pray for peace, don't wait for peace, don't talk about peace - do it right now.

When one questions [Dalai Lama's] political actions, it is worth remembering that he's the single most experienced politician on the planet at this moment.

I think of the Dalai Lama as a doctor of the mind offering medicine and specific counsel and cures in the way a great doctor would.