Lama Quotes
53 quotes by 39 authors
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You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.
— John Cleese
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And I say, 'Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.' And he says, 'Oh, uh, there won't…
— Bill Murray
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The Dalai Lama visited the White House and told the President that he could teach him to find a higher state of consciousness. Then after…
— Bill Maher
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Once, at a seminar, I heard a Westernized lama say that a meditator's state of mind should be like that of a hotel doorman. A…
— Marc Ian Barasch
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His Holiness [the Dalai Lama] has told me, urgently and repeatedly, that he thinks my photographs are crap. His exact words were, 'These photos are…
— Richard Gere
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The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think…
— Jeremy Piven
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Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their "personal…
— Tom Peters
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The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about how we can better handle our destructive emotions and how…
— Daniel Goleman
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I heard about the Dalai Lama, you know and I thought to myself, why not me?
— Zach Braff
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Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo…
— Joanna Lumley
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When I am there [Tibet], I am very happy. The Tibetans radiate. They literally send out light. His holiness [the Dalai Lama] generates love and…
— Richard Gere
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I loved reading the Dalai Lama's words: My religion is loving-kindness. I realized that meant loving-kindness to everyone in my life: past, present, and future;…
— Elizabeth Kim
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When people ask the Dalai Lama, "Is Buddhism a religion?" he answers, "Yes, it is." Then they ask, "What kind of religion is it?" He…
— Sylvia Boorstein
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I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times.
— Martin Scorsese
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Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?
— Barry Mann
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I give great thanks to God that he has created a Dalai Lama. Do you really think, as some have argued, that God will be…
— Desmond Tutu
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The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion?
— Richard Davidson
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A friend told me of visiting the Dalai Lama in India and asking him for a succinct definition of compassion. She prefaced her question by…
— Marc Ian Barasch
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Because someone is a lama or is part of a monastic order or claims to be part of a succession, doesn't really mean they know…
— Frederick Lenz
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The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.
— Richard Gere
Who Wrote These Lama Quotes
39 authors contributed a total of 53 Lama Quotes, led by these top contributors: