14th Dalai Lama

Everywhere and in every society, people endure suffering and adversity-even those who enjoy freedom and material prosperity. Indeed, it seems to me that much of the unhappiness we humans endure is actually of our own making.

14th Dalai Lama

For a better, happier, more stable and civilized future, each of us must develop a sincere, warm-hearted feeling of brotherhood and sisterhood.

14th Dalai Lama

For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, and enemy is indispinsable. So we should be grateful to our enemies, for it is they who can best help us to develop a tranquil mind.

14th Dalai Lama

Friends, genuine friends, are attracted by a warm heart, not money, not power. A genuine friend considers you as just another human being, as a brother or sister, and shows affection on that level, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, or in a high position; that is a genuine friend.

14th Dalai Lama

Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes.

14th Dalai Lama

Harmony can not thrive in a climate of mistrust, cheating, bullying; mean-spirited competition.

14th Dalai Lama

How can we eliminate the deepest source of all unsatisfactory experience? Only by cultivating certain qualities within our mindstream.

14th Dalai Lama

However, when the idea that objects inherently exist takes hold, fundamental ignorance has been introduced.

14th Dalai Lama

I am a simple Buddhist monk – no more, no less.

14th Dalai Lama

I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.

14th Dalai Lama