675 Quotes by Dalai Lama XIV

Safeguarding the future is not just a matter of laws and government regulations; it also requires individual initiative.

If children in a given school, for example, come from diverse religious or cultural backgrounds, on what basis should the school conduct ethical education? To use a single religious perspective would be inadequate. [...] What is required is a way of promoting inner values which is genuinely universal — which can embrace, without prejudice, both agnostic humanist perspectives and religious perspectives of various kinds.

[W]hen teaching ethical awareness and inner values, providing information is never enough, and teaching by example is of paramount importance.

Popper's falsifiability thesis resonates with a major methodological principle in my own Tibetan Buddhist philosophical tradition. We might call this the "principle of the scope of negation." This principle states that there is a fundamental difference between that which is "not found" and that which is "found not to exist." If I look for something and fail to find it, this does not mean that the thing I am seeking does not exist. Not seeing a thing is not the same as seeing its non-existence.

Like anyone else, I too have anger in me. However, I try to recall that anger is a destructive emotion. I remind myself that scientists now say that anger is bad for our health; it eats into our immune system. So, anger destroys our peace of mind and our physical health. We shouldn't welcome it or think of it as natural or as a friend.

If there's good, strong evidence from science that such and such is the case and this is contrary to Buddhism, then we will change.

As long as there is a lack of the inner discipline that brings calmness of mind, no matter what external facilities or conditions you have, they will never give you the feeling of joy and happiness that you are seeking. On the other hand, if you possess this inner quality, a calmness of mind, a degree of stability within, then even if you lack various external facilities that you would normally consider necessary for happiness, it is still possible to live a happy and joyful life.

Lha Gyal Lo! (Victory to the gods)

As far as I am concerned, any deed done with good motivation is a religios one.