14th Dalai Lama

We all need basic human values rooted in trust and affection.

14th Dalai Lama

We all want to live a happy life, so we have to learn to live together in trust and mutual respect.

14th Dalai Lama

We are but visitors on this planet. We are here for ninty or one hundred years at the very most. During that period, we must try to do something good, something useful with our lives. If you contibute to other people’s happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life.

14th Dalai Lama

We are social animals. Others’ suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness.

14th Dalai Lama

We are the creators of our own happiness and suffering, for everything originates in the mind.

14th Dalai Lama

We can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better.

14th Dalai Lama

We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder. You always have the choice.

14th Dalai Lama

We cannot learn real patience and tolerance from a guru or a friend. They can be practiced only when we come in contact with someone who creates unpleasant experiences.

14th Dalai Lama

We experience happiness on a sensory level that is relatively short-lived. But lasting happiness is related to our state of mind.

14th Dalai Lama

We have a responsibility to look after our planet. It is our only home.

14th Dalai Lama