"Laughing in full abandonment is very good for your health."
Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, known for his teachings on compassion, peace, and mindfulness.
- Born
- July 6, 1935
- Quotes
- 1.5K
- Rank
- #37
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Dalai Lama quotes (page 31 of 75)
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"The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness"
"Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it."
"I believe in justice and truth, without which there would be no basis for human hope"
"It is important to direct our intelligence with good intentions. Without intelligence, we cannot accomplish very much. Without good intentions, the way we exercise of our intelligence may have destructive results."
"Without technology humanity has no future, but we have to be careful that we don’t become so mechanised that we lose our human feelings."
"To me there is no difference whether president, beggar, or king."
"Because the twentieth century was a century of violence, let us make the twenty-first a century of dialogue."
"The greater the force of your compassion, the greeater your resilience in confronting hardships."
"It is important not to allow ourselves to be put off by the magnitude of others' suffering. The misery of millions is not a cause for pity. Rather it is a cause for compassion."
"To foster inner awareness, introspection, and reasoning is more efficient than meditation and prayer."
"World peace must develop from inner peace."
"Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion."
"Learn and obey the rules very well so you will know how to break them properly."
"We need cooperation based on trust and self-confidence to create an open, compassionate, harmonious society."
"Compassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life"
"Material development alone does not yield genuine inner peace."
"Our attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises."
"True change is within; leave the outside as it is."
"The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good."