Quotes from Dalai Lama

Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.

We can solve many problems in an appropriate way, without any difficulty, if we cultivate harmony, friendship and respect for one another.

Every human actions becomes dangerous when it is deprived of human feeling. When they are performed with feeling and respect for human values, all activities become constructive.

Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal.

I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect.

The more contact we have with one another and the more we come to understand each other's values, the greater will be our mutual respect.

If we don't understand phenomena, we are more likely to do things to harm ourselves and others.

The proper use of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart.

Buddhahood is a state free of all obstructions to knowledge and disturbing emotions. It is the state in which the mind is fully evolved.

I could justify violence only in this extreme case, to save the last living knowledge of Buddhism itself.

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.

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

I feel exhausted if I teach too long.

It is very wrong for people to feel deeply sad when they lose some money, yet when they waste the precious moments of their lives they do not have the slightest feeling of repentance.

If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.

If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change.

unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause great harm.

Medical science begin to notice for good health, peace of mind, self-confidence, optimism is something very important. And also preventive measure.

If someone does not smile at you, be generous and offer your own smile. Nobody needs a smile more than the one that cannot smile to others.

A simple smile. That's the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others.

A genuine smile touches something fundamental in us: our natural appreciation of kindness.

The point of life is happiness.