Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Kindness and a good heart are the foundation for success in this life, progress on the spiritual path, and the fulfillment of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
On those days when I can spend a few hours getting some understanding, I feel fulfilled. I feel as if I have… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Right from the moment of our birth, we are under the care and kindness of our parents, and then later on in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In twenty years' time I'll be eighty-three, just an old man with a stick moving like a sloth bear. While I'm alive,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In the past, destruction of your neighbour might have been considered a victory, but today we are all interdependent. We live in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I can do what my energy, my time, to my other sort of commitment. And then also emotional, religious harmony. So in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To be in flow means to be totally absorbed in whatever one is doing at the moment. It occurs when one is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Cultivating inner discipline is something that takes time; expecting rapid results is simply a sign of impatience. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In some respects I have been the most unlucky because I have spent more time living as a refugee outside my country… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You must not procrastinate. Rather, you should make preparations so that even if you did die tonight, you would have no regrets.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In order to develop the willpower it takes to sacrifice, you must first realize that spending all your time and energy pursuing… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Whether we love humanity or not, we must realize that we are part of it. My future depends entirely on the future… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In the past, the respect people had for religion meant that ethical practice was maintained through a majority following one religion or… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
At the beginning when the child is coming, people worry the child may be deformed. When a healthy boy or child comes,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I feel many problems that we are facing, are man-made problems, we have too much emphasis on this secondary thing, forgetting our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come,… — 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
