Prayer alone will not make a happy life. A happy life must be built. You must act. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Instead of wondering WHY this is happening to you, consider why this is happening to YOU. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Human potential is the same for all. If you have will power, then you can change anything. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We discover that all human beings are just like us, so we are able to relate to them more easily. That generates… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We are social animals. Others' suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Without changing one's self, without peace in one's self, world peace is not possible. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Even a small act of compassion grants meaning and purpose to our lives. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The proper use of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
All I can do is engage with complete sincerity. Then whatever happens, there is no regret. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If we try to secure the well-being of others, we will, at the same time, create the conditions for our own. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is nothing I can't live without. I learned this attitude when I was a child. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
More often than not, anger is actually an indication of weakness rather than of strength. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Most of our problems are related to the mind, so we have to work to reduce our destructive emotions. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If it can be solved, there's no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Everybody loves to talk about calmness and peace, whether in a family, national, or international context, but without inner peace how can we make… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and those of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I don't want to convert people to Buddhism — all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is no way to escape death, it is just like trying to escape by four great mountains touching sky. There is no escape… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We live within the environment. So that directly relates with our survival, our life. So through that way, more concern of well being of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to increase compassion, the sense of caring for one another, and the spirit… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When we think carefully, we see that the brief elation we experience when appeasing sensual impulses may not be very different from what the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“So let us reflect on what is truly of value in life, what gives meaning to our lives, and set our priorities on the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
