14th Dalai Lama

A little nonconceptuality can provide a much needed vacation.

14th Dalai Lama

A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man’s wisdom even if he associates with a sage.

14th Dalai Lama

A zero itself is nothing, but without a zero you cannot count anything; therefore, a zero is something, yet zero.

14th Dalai Lama

According to my experience, the principal characteristic of genuine happiness is peace: inner peace.

14th Dalai Lama

After identifying the scope of suffering, we need to discover its sources, which are twofold: afflictive, or counterproductive, emotions, and contaminated karmas.

14th Dalai Lama

All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.

14th Dalai Lama

All of our actions have consequences, and these inevitably have an impact on both ourselves and others.

14th Dalai Lama

All People and things are interdependent. The world has become so small that no nation can solve its problems alone, in isolation from others. That is why I believe we must all cultivate a sense of responsibility based on love and compassion for each other.

14th Dalai Lama

All religion teaches the virtues of love, altruism and patience, while showing us how to discipline and transform ourselves to achieve inner peace and a kind heart. Therefore, they are worthy of our respect.

14th Dalai Lama

All sentient beings have the seed of the Buddha within them.

14th Dalai Lama