Dalai Lama Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

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

“Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.”

“More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.”

“I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.”

“Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.”

“Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.”

“Religion, any religion, no matter what sort of wonderful religion, never be universal. So now education is universal, so we have to sort of find ways and means through education system, from kindergarten up to university level, to make awareness these good things, the values, inner values.”

“We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.”

“The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.”

“Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.”