Dalai Lama Quotes

My religion is very simple, my religion is kindness.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple - my philosophy is kindness.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Spend some time alone every day.

Religion does not mean just precepts, a temple, monastery, or other external signs, for these as well as hearing and thinking are subsidiary factors in taming the mind.

Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance.

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

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

By bringing about a change in our outlook toward things and events, all phenomena can become sources of happiness.

When we feel love and kindness towards others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. And there are ways in which we can consciously work to develop feelings of love and kindness.