1,545 Quotes by Dalai Lama

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense. I am just one human being.

I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.

All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.

If there is love, there is hope that one may have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

A sense of concern for others gives our lives meaning; it is the root of all human happiness.