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Quotes By Dalai Lama

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

Dalai Lama

Change, Values

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Hana, Hawaii, Maui

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

Dalai Lama

Attitude, Choice, Optimism

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The planet does not need more “successful people.” The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.

Dalai Lama

Success

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Hawaii, Maui

More often than not, anger is actually an indication of weakness rather than of strength.

Dalai Lama

Anger, Strength

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Being aware of a single shortcoming within yourself is far more useful than being aware of a thousand in someone else!

Dalai Lama

Awareness, Criticism, Self

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Values are related to our emotions, just as we practice physical hygiene to preserve our physical health, we need to observe emotional hygiene to preserve a healthy mind and attitudes.

Dalai Lama

Attitude, Values

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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

Dalai Lama

Respect, Service

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The most crucial use of knowledge and education is to understand the importance of developing a good heart.

Dalai Lama

Education, Knowledge

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Hana, Hawaii, Maui

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Dalai Lama

Peace, Self

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Hawaii, Maui

There is no enemy outside our mind. The real enemies live inside us: anger, ego, greed and hatred.

Dalai Lama

Conflict, Self, Thinking

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Zion National Park

I believe the only true religion consists of having a good heart.

Dalai Lama

Kindness, Love

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Grand Cayman

Don’t let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Dalai Lama

Character, Conflict, Peace, Power, Self, Society, Solitude

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Grand Teton National Park

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

Dalai Lama

Awareness, Kindness, Thinking

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To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up.

Dalai Lama

Obstacles, Persistence

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Lake Tahoe

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

Dalai Lama

Appreciation, Gratitude

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Honduras, Roatan

When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts.

Dalai Lama

Education, Kindness

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Canyonlands National Park

World peace begins with inner peace.

Dalai Lama

Peace, Self, Society, Solitude

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Gulf of Mexico

If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world.

Dalai Lama

Anger, Peace, Practice, Self

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Lake Tahoe

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Dalai Lama

Action, Expectations, Happiness

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Hawaii, Maui

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Dalai Lama

Kindness, Life, Society

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Grand Cayman

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Dalai Lama

Luck

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Glacier National Park

No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.

Dalai Lama

Hope, Pain

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Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative, they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.

Dalai Lama

Happiness, Peace, Perfection, Power

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If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, in you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

Dalai Lama

Kindness, Motivation, Respect, Work

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Grand Cayman

Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

Dalai Lama

Adventure, Life, Solitude, Travel

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We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.

Dalai Lama

Awareness, Kindness

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