675 Quotes by Dalai Lama XIV

As people alive today, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility toward others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy, if not healthier, than we found it.

We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

Most REAL change is slow. Happiness and joy are the purpose of life. If we know that the future will be very dark or painful, then we lose our determination to live. Therefore, life is something based on hope.

Our world is increasingly interdependent, but I wonder if we truly understand that our interdependent human community has to be compassionate; compassionate in our choice of goals, compassionate in our means of cooperation and our pursuit of these goals.

Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.