675 Quotes by Dalai Lama XIV

We are visitors on this planet. We are here for one hundred years at the very most. During that period we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. if you contribute to other people’s happiness, you will find the true meaning of life.

Irrespective of whether we are believers or agnostics, whether we believe in God or karma, moral ethics is a code which everyone is able to pursue.

The very purpose of meditation is to discipline the mind and reduce afflictive emotions.

Freedom is the real source of human happiness and creativity. Irrespective of whether you are a believer or nonbeliever, whether Buddhist, Christian, or Jew, the important thing is to be a good human being.

If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.

All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.

The basis of human rights is happy life. Everyone wants to lead a happy life for which we need to have a holistic approach.

I am the source of my own suffering, because of the habits of my mind.