14th Dalai Lama

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.

14th Dalai Lama

It’s not what work we choose to do, the crucial point is doing it with a positive and altruistic motivation.

14th Dalai Lama

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

14th Dalai Lama

Just as rust, which arose from the iron itself, wears out the iron, likewise, performing an action without examination would destroy us by projecting us into a negative state of existence.

14th Dalai Lama

Kindness is the key to peace and harmony in family life.

14th Dalai Lama

Lack of contentment – which really comes down to greed – sows the seed of envy and aggressive competitiveness, and leads to a culture of excessive materialism. The negative atmosphere this creates becomes the context for all kinds of social ills which bring suffering to all members of that community.

14th Dalai Lama

Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one’s anger, the more so when the provocation is extreme. For it is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

14th Dalai Lama

Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day.

14th Dalai Lama

Life does not wait: Whether we spend our lives meaningfully or not, the time will be used up moment by moment.

14th Dalai Lama

Limitless like the ocean are your excellent qualities.

14th Dalai Lama