Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist leader and Nobel Peace laureate, born 1935
23 quotes.
Quotes by Dalai Lama
- A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.
- Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
- Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.
- Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.
- Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.
- I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.
- If it can be solved, there's no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use.
- If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
- It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
- Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
- Love is the absence of judgment.
- My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
- My true religion is Kindness.
- No matter how educated or wealthy you are, if you don’t have peace of mind, you won’t be happy.
- Real change in the world will only come from a change of heart.
- The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.
- There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.
- This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
- Time is always moving on; nothing can stop it. We can’t change the past, but we can shape the future. The more compassionate you are, the more you will find inner peace.
- To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.
- We are visitors on this planet. We are here for one hundred years at the very most. During that period we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. If you contribute to other people’s happiness, you will find the true meaning of life.
- When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new.
- When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.