Dalai Lama Quotes

1. I am just one human being. – Dalai Lama

2. Sleep is the best meditation. – Dalai Lama

3. An open heart is an open mind. – Dalai Lama

4. Love is the absence of judgment. – Dalai Lama

5. Spend some time alone every day. – Dalai Lama

6. An eye for an eye… we are all blind. – Dalai Lama

7. Silence is sometimes the best answer. – Dalai Lama

8. Forget the failures. Keep the lessons. – Dalai Lama

9. Compassion is the radicalism of our time. – Dalai Lama

10. Choose to be optimistic, it feels better. – Dalai Lama

11. Action is more important than meditation. – Dalai Lama

12. I want to be just a pure spiritual leader. – Dalai Lama

13. Smile if you want a smile from another face. – Dalai Lama

14. Work for peace in your heart and in the world. – Dalai Lama

15. I defeat my enemies when I make them my friends. – Dalai Lama

16. Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. – Dalai Lama

17. If your heart has peace, nothing can disturb you. – Dalai Lama

18. True change is within; leave the outside as it is. – Dalai Lama

19. My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. – Dalai Lama

20. Home is where you feel at home and are treated well. – Dalai Lama

21. What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful. – Dalai Lama

22. Optimism leads to success; pessimism leads to defeat. – Dalai Lama

23. Thinking of ourselves as somehow special isolates us. – Dalai Lama

24. Be ready to change your goals, but never your values. – Dalai Lama

25. Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively. – Dalai Lama

26. I believe the ultimate source of blessings is within us. – Dalai Lama

27. Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day. – Dalai Lama

28. Open your arms to change but don’t let go of your values. – Dalai Lama

29. Never give up. No matter what is going on. Never give up. – Dalai Lama

30. Someone else’s action should not determine your response. – Dalai Lama

31. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality. – Dalai Lama

32. Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind. – Dalai Lama

33. Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. – Dalai Lama

34. The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred. – Dalai Lama

35. Be compassionate, not just to your friends but to everyone. – Dalai Lama

36. You have to start giving first and expect absolutely nothing. – Dalai Lama

37. In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher. – Dalai Lama

38. Real change in the world will only come from a change of heart. – Dalai Lama

39. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. – Dalai Lama

40. The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence. – Dalai Lama

41. The way to change others’ minds is with affection, and not anger. – Dalai Lama

42. Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open. – Dalai Lama

43. I believe that happiness can be achieved through training the mind. – Dalai Lama

44. Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. – Dalai Lama

45. Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. – Dalai Lama

46. Through difficult experiences, life sometimes becomes more meaningful. – Dalai Lama

47. The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness. – Dalai Lama

48. The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self. – Dalai Lama

49. We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily. – Dalai Lama

50. A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. – Dalai Lama

51. Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day. – Dalai Lama

52. Neither a space station nor an enlightened mind can be realized in a day. – Dalai Lama

53. If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. – Dalai Lama

54. No material object, however beautiful or valuable, can make us feel loved. – Dalai Lama

55. When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others. – Dalai Lama

56. A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity. – Dalai Lama

57. In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision. – Dalai Lama

58. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. – Dalai Lama

59. As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all beings. – Dalai Lama

60. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. – Dalai Lama

61. Compassion is by nature gentle, peaceful, and soft, but it is very powerful. – Dalai Lama

62. Anger itself makes us feel bad and so, ultimately, it is bad for our health. – Dalai Lama

63. When reason ends, then anger begins. Therefore, anger is a sign of weakness. – Dalai Lama

64. The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warmheartedness. – Dalai Lama

65. Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay. – Dalai Lama

66. We need to ask ourselves how to find happiness — it’s not in money and power. – Dalai Lama

67. To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle. – Dalai Lama

68. Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. – Dalai Lama

69. We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. – Dalai Lama

70. Through violence, you may ‘solve’ one problem, but you sow the seeds for another. – Dalai Lama

71. If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. – Dalai Lama

72. We are deluded by attachment and anger, but we can learn to tackle these emotions. – Dalai Lama

73. The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your action will be. – Dalai Lama

74. Anger and hatred are signs of weakness, while compassion is a sure sign of strength. – Dalai Lama

75. A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering. – Dalai Lama

76. Consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life? – Dalai Lama

77. The more time you spend thinking about yourself, the more suffering you will experience. – Dalai Lama

78. Happiness doesn’t always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it. – Dalai Lama

79. It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view. – Dalai Lama

80. It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance. – Dalai Lama

81. We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. – Dalai Lama

82. I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. – Dalai Lama

83. In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony. – Dalai Lama

84. The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk. – Dalai Lama

85. More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other’s well-being, is source of happiness. – Dalai Lama

86. Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health. – Dalai Lama

87. No matter how educated or wealthy you are, if you don’t have peace of mind, you won’t be happy. – Dalai Lama

88. If a problem can be solved it will be. If it can not be solved there is no use worrying about it. – Dalai Lama

89. Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give. – Dalai Lama

90. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. – Dalai Lama

91. Instead of looking to blame others and the world around us, we should first look within ourselves. – Dalai Lama

92. Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content. – Dalai Lama

93. The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one’s life. – Dalai Lama

94. Develop the heart. Too much energy in your country is spent developing the mind instead of the heart. – Dalai Lama

95. When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence. – Dalai Lama

96. Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. – Dalai Lama

97. We need to discover not only what disturbs our minds, but also what the antidotes to those factors are. – Dalai Lama

98. Human beings are social animals and that it is love that brings us together, while anger drives us apart. – Dalai Lama

99. Anger destroys our peace of mind; loving-kindness earns us friends and eliminates the risk of being alone. – Dalai Lama

100. To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else. – Dalai Lama