The 14th Dalai Lama is the current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are the monks of the Gelug school.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.
In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.
A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise mans wisdom even if he associates with a sage.
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
Love is a serious mental illness.
The learning and knowledge that we have is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
The one who learns and learns and doesn’t practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants.
If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Smart, Political Will, Political Wisdom
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Truth is its own reward.
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
He was a wise man who invented beer.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
If you don’t love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual’s own reason and critical analysis.
Through violence, you may ‘solve’ one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.
The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.
Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.
If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.
Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.
If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.
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 can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, “I am of no value”, is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought – so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.
To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.
We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity. That the happiness of one person or nation is the happiness of humanity.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.
If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
