Quotes from Dalai Lama

We have a responsibility to look after our planet. It is our only home.

Soul is at home in the deep, shaded valleys. Heavy torpid flowers saturated with black grow there. The rivers flow like warm syrup. They empty into huge oceans of soul.

Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects.

There is nothing I can't live without. I learned this attitude when I was a child.

I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential.

We need material development, but we need to understand that by itself it doesn't bring peace of mind.

Refraining from harm, not out of fear, but out of concern for others, their well-being and out of respect is non-violence.

You need self-confidence and determination: feeling depressed and losing hope will never really help to correct any situation.

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.

We must have a pure, honest, and warm-hearted motivation, and on top of that, determination, optimism, hope, and the ability not to be discouraged. The whole of humanity depends on this motivation.

My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'education of the heart'.

If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world.

If our tears do not lead us to act then we have lost the reason of our humanity, which is compassion.

World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.

If you focus only on yourself and neglect others, you will lose; but you will gain if you value others as much as you cherish yourself.

My own share making contribution [to the the well-being of humanity]. So I never feel I am something special.

There should be a spirit of dialogue. Whenever we see any disagreements, we must think how to solve them on the basis of recognition of oneness of the entire humanity. This is the modern reality.

Today we understand that the future of humanity very much depends on our planet, and that the future of the planet very much depends on humanity.

Artists have the responsibility to serve humanity give people hope.

I have never been any place where I was not first invited. And upon invitation, if I feel that there is potential for making some contribution to humanity, I will comply in spite of being tired.

Every sort of seven billion human being have to think about the well-being of humanity.

Humanity happy, I get benefit. Humanity in state of trouble, or violence, I cannot escape from that.

We can only transform humanity and create a happier more compassionate world through education.

When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.