14th Dalai Lama

We have to cultivate a vision of a happier, more peaceful future and make the effort now to bring it about.

14th Dalai Lama

We need to pay more attention to the inner values that are the key to our happiness.

14th Dalai Lama

We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.

14th Dalai Lama

We should see destructive emotions as enemies, first identifying them and then engaging in techniques to destroy them.

14th Dalai Lama

Wealth is not necessarily a bad thing when it has been earned in an honest manner and neither other individuals nor the environment suffered for it.

14th Dalai Lama

What I believe, according to my own experience, is that a calm, peaceful mind is a very important element for sustaining the body in a balanced way.

14th Dalai Lama

What is important is to see how we can best lead a meaningful everyday life, how we can bring about peace and harmony in our minds, how we can help contribute to society.

14th Dalai Lama

When I talk to a few thousand people, I just feel I am talking to an old friend. Like that. I never felt some kind of distance, so therefore, I feel one source of happiness. In that kind of atmosphere, my experience seems some benefit to some people.

14th Dalai Lama

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways – either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

14th Dalai Lama

When you hate someone intensely, 80% of what you think is delusion.

14th Dalai Lama