Quotes By Dalai Lama

Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

Sleep is the best meditation.

As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.

A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.

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.

World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.