If we make consistent effort, based on proper education, we can change the world. — Dalai Lama Change the world Copy Share Image
Always embrace the common humanity that lies at the heart of us all. — Dalai Lama Common Copy Share Image
We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily. — Dalai Lama Buddhist Copy Share Image
Too strong a media emphasis on death and violence can lead to despair. — Dalai Lama Death Copy Share Image
Don't compare me with Jesus. He is a great master, a great master. — Dalai Lama Compare Copy Share Image
We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the… — Dalai Lama Compassion Copy Share Image
Furthermore, I shall explain the nature of dharmata: Such a nature as this cannot be determined to be any one thing. So… — Dalai Lama Determined Copy Share Image
It is our basic right to be a happy person, happy family, and eventually a happy world. That should be our goal. — Dalai Lama Goal Copy Share Image
The most compassionate form of giving is done with no thought or expectation of reward, and grounded in genuine concern for others. — Dalai Lama Compassion Copy Share Image
The real enemy of happiness is the mind's fixations and delusions... If you have the right mind, you can overcome anything -… — Dalai Lama Delusion Copy Share Image
Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense. — Dalai Lama Common Copy Share Image
For change to happen in any community, the initiative must come from the individual. — Dalai Lama Change Copy Share Image
I call the light and high aspects of my being spirit and the dark and heavy aspects soul. — Dalai Lama Aspect Copy Share Image
Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element… — Dalai Lama Accepting Copy Share Image
Inner darkness, which we call ignorance, is the root of suffering. The more inner light that comes, the more darkness will diminish.… — Dalai Lama Achieve Copy Share Image
I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some… — Dalai Lama Anger 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 Activity Copy Share Image
At a personal level, as a Buddhist practitioner, I deliberately visualize and think about death in my daily practice. Death is not… — Dalai Lama Buddhism Copy Share Image
I consider non-violence to be compassion in action. It doesn’t mean weakness, cowering in fear, or simply doing nothing. It is to… — Dalai Lama Action Copy Share Image
There is...a tendency to think of the spiritual life as primarily introspective, divorced from the concerns of everyday life…Faith that does not… — Dalai Lama Action Copy Share Image
Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, "I am of no value", is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself.… — Dalai Lama Deceiving Copy Share Image
It is my belief that whereas the twentieth century has been a century of war and untold suffering, the twenty-first century should… — Dalai Lama Armed conflict Copy Share Image
We may now have reached a point where this gap in our make-up has become unsustainable; partly because what in the past… — Dalai Lama Capitalist Copy Share Image
Mentally, physically and emotionally we are the same. We each have the potential to good and bad and to be overcome by… — Dalai Lama Anger Copy Share Image
We have a largely materialistic lifestyle characterized by a materialistic culture. However, this only provides us with temporary, sensory satisfaction, whereas long-term… — Dalai Lama Culture Copy Share Image
If we human beings rely only on material development, we can’t be sure of a positive outcome. Employing technology motivated by anger… — Dalai Lama Being human Copy Share Image
The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma. Likewise, the places that… — Dalai Lama Action Copy Share Image
The way of presentation is different according to each religion. In theistic religions like Buddhism, Buddhist values are incorporated. In nontheistic religions,… — Dalai Lama Ancient Copy Share Image
I met an American lady many years ago, much distant. Then I told her about my own difficult experiences and I showed… — Dalai Lama Brother Copy Share Image
