Dalai Lama Quotes

• "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."
• "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
• "In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher."
• "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."
• "My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."
• "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."
• "Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."
• "Sleep is the best meditation."
• "Spend some time alone every day."
• "The purpose of our lives is to be happy."
• "The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness."
• "There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness."
• "This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."
• "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."
• "We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection."
• "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."