In twenty years' time I'll be eighty-three, just an old…

To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

I do not want to give my power, my self-esteem, or my autonomy, to any person, place, or thing outside myself. [...] The only…

— Ashley Judd

The compassion we feel normally is biased and mixed with attachment. Genuine compassion flows towards all living beings, particularly your enemies. If I try…

— Dalai Lama

As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.

— Dalai Lama

These days, in our materialistic culture, many people are led to believe that money is the ultimate source of happiness. Consequently, when they don’t…

— Dalai Lama

If indeed the qualities such as love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness are what happiness consists in, and if it is also true that compassion,…

— Dalai Lama

Peace is not just the mere absence of violence or disturbance. It's when there is a possibility of conflict, but you deliberately avoid violence…

— Dalai Lama

My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential.

— Dalai Lama

Until you have the inner discipline that brings calmness of mind, external facilities and conditions will never bring the joy and happiness you seek.…

— Dalai Lama

We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and…

— Dalai Lama

It is important to have determination and optimism and patience. If you lack patience, even when you face some small obstacle, you lose courage.…

— Dalai Lama

The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger - the greatest…

— Dalai Lama

The future will be in the hands of those of you who belong to the 21st century. You have the opportunity and responsibility to…

— Dalai Lama

I am convinced that human nature is basically affectionate and good. If our behavior follows our kind and loving nature, immense benefits will result,…

— Dalai Lama

In the interests of everyone the artist had a responsibility to use his medium well. In the Tibetan culture, most of the paintings are…

— Dalai Lama