Quotes from Dalai Lama

I must have dialogue with the Chinese government, and dialogue requires compromise. Therefore, I'm speaking for genuine self-rule, not for independence.

A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all Beings.

You must not hate those who do wrong or harmful things; but with compassion, you must do what you can to stop them — for they are harming themselves, as well as those who suffer from their actions.

If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

An open heart is an open mind.

When selflessness is seen in objects, the seed of cyclic existence is destroyed.

Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved. This is action out of compassion.

Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations,you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation.

What we do and think in our own lives, then, becomes of extreme importance as it effects everything we're connected to.

I do not judge the universe.

Someone else's action should not determine your response.

It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

An eye for an eye....we are all blind

We need to learn how to want what we have NOT to have what we want in order to get steady and stable Happiness

Historically, the East was more concerned with understanding the mind and the West was more involved in understanding matter.

Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.

If a problem can be solved it will be. If it can not be solved there is no use worrying about it.

Anger is the real destroyer of our good human qualities; an enemy with a weapon cannot destroy these qualities, but anger can. Anger is our real enemy.

All I can do is engage with complete sincerity. Then whatever happens, there is no regret.

Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind