1,545 Quotes by Dalai Lama

Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.

If your life becomes only a medium of production, then many of the good human values and characteristics will be lost.

Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of compassion will bring happiness of peace of mind to oneself and automatically create a positive atmosphere.

I have found a much greater appreciation of Buddhism because I couldn't take it for granted here in exile.

Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve to heat up the situation, whereas a true sense of respect gradually cools down what otherwise could become explosive. We must recognize the frequent contradictions between short-term benefit and long-term harm.

Don't be a person of success, be a person of value.

We can't be useful to ourselves unless we're useful to others .... Anyone concerned only by his own well-being will suffer eventually. Anyone concerned with the well-being of others takes care of himself without even thinking about it. Even if we decide to remain selfish. let us be intelligently selfish - let us help others.

It is a question of our own peace and mental stability.

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.