Knowledge might be good, but wisdom is wonderful.

[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,…

— Pico Iyer

The Dalai Lama would say that meditation is something that can help everyone. But he's aware that it can be misused or things can…

— Pico Iyer

“To the Dalai Lama, suffering and adversity are the necessary conditions for developing patience and tolerance. These qualities are vital if we want to…

— Victor Chan

“The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, he said: 'Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.…

— Anonymous

The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in other traditions,…

— Pico Iyer

In my downtime, you'll mostly find me curled up with a book. I love reading biographies. My favourites are those of Dalai Lama, Osama…

— Madhur Bhandarkar

As soon as I began to talk to Dalai Lama, I realized that Chinese and Tibetans from his point of view are mostly the…

— Pico Iyer

I heard about the Dalai Lama, you know and I thought to myself, why not me?

— Zach Braff

A good model of how to 'work with the enemy' internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul…

— Alice Walker

“For success, doing is not enough. We must love what we do.”

— Debasish Mridha

“Let Today Be The Day You Give Up Who You’ve Been For Who You Can Become Every day, think as you wake up, ‘Today…

— Hal Elrod

Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from…

— Ricky Martin

“Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.” ~Dalai Lama”

— Erin Noelle

The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward…

— Joe Nichols

Yet [Dalai Lama] has said very strongly that basic freedoms of thought and speech have to be respected in Tibet and they're not at…

— Pico Iyer