Quotes from Dalai Lama

My basic belief and effort, firstly to try and promote some of the useful emotions such as compassion or forgiveness and through the that way the spirit of reconciliation?s and the spirit of dialogue. These will increase.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

It is worthwhile for one to make an effort to achieve happiness. Just as the purpose of a plant is to grow, so it is that the main purpose of every human being is to survive and to grow until death.

The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

Most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for and attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities.

Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom.

We must recognize that all beings want the same thing we want. This is the way to achieve a true understanding, unfettered by artificial consideration.

Ethics: The indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.

All human beings have an innate desire to overcome suffering, to find happiness. Training the mind to think differently, through meditation, is one important way to avoid suffering and be happy.

Sometimes, whether a desire is excessive or negative depends on the circumstances or society in which you live in.

I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend [with dignity, with honor].

When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts.

If we make consistent effort, based on proper education, we can change the world.

True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.

Be gentle with the earth.

Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned.

How can we eliminate the deepest source of all unsatisfactory experience? Only by cultivating certain qualities within our mindstream.

The deep root of failure in our lives is to think, 'Oh how useless and powerless I am.' It is essential to think strongly and forcefully, 'I can do it,' without boasting or fretting.

Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.

I always emphasize that it is much safer and better to keep one's own religious faith. The other major religions are thousands of years old and have long traditions.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

We may be different races and religions but we are all part of the same human family

When invitation come, then I inquire just to see new place or seeing just the one sort of family, then not much interest.