Quotes By Dalai Lama

Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

Disagreement is something normal.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.

I have no trouble sleeping.

Computers make me totally blank out.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.

Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.