Dalai Lama Quotes

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. – Dalai Lama

The purpose of our lives is to be happy. – Dalai Lama

Compassion is the radicalism of our time. – Dalai Lama

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. – Dalai Lama

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. – Dalai Lama

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

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. – Dalai Lama

Silence is sometimes the best answer. – Dalai Lama

It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view. – Dalai Lama

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but to be better than your previous self. – Dalai Lama

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better. – Dalai Lama

The purpose of education is to cultivate a warm heart. – Dalai Lama

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. – Dalai Lama

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

In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher. – Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama Quotes part 2

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. – Dalai Lama

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. – Dalai Lama

Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength. – Dalai Lama

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

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your action will be. – Dalai Lama

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. – Dalai Lama

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. – Dalai Lama

We can never obtain peace in the world if we neglect the inner world and don’t make peace with ourselves. – Dalai Lama

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. – Dalai Lama

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new. – Dalai Lama

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. – Dalai Lama

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. – Dalai Lama

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

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. – Dalai Lama

Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. – Dalai Lama

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness. – Dalai Lama

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering. – Dalai Lama

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your action will be. – Dalai Lama

The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness. – Dalai Lama

This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness. – Dalai Lama

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. – Dalai Lama

The purpose of our lives is to be happy. – Dalai Lama

Silence is sometimes the best answer. – Dalai Lama

The world doesn’t belong to leaders. It belongs to all humanity. – Dalai Lama

When you think everything is someone else’s fault, you will suffer a lot. – Dalai Lama

Our real guide is our own mind, our sense of duty and our knowledge of the world. – Dalai Lama

In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy. – Dalai Lama

The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts. – Dalai Lama

Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable. – Dalai Lama

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