Dalai Lama is a religious leader and the title means the teacher whose wisdom is as great as the ocean. Dalai Lamas served as the political and religious rules of Tibet in the seventeenth century until the year nineteen fifty nine when the presiding Dalai Lama was forced into exile when China took control of Tibet.
The current Dalai Lama is the fourteenth and lives in exile in India as the head of the exiled Tibetan community. He is a monk, scholar and statesman who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959 for his non violent struggle to end China’s rule of Tibet.
The Dalai Lama’s quotes strongly bring out the idea of being kind and compassionate, living at peace with oneself and others and being a humane human being. Reading these quotes will help you know how to live with others, even those you feel you cannot tolerate. He says it is possible to be content with one’s life and it all starts from the heart.
Famous Dalai Lama Quotes
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
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Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.
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Silence is sometimes the best answer.
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Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.
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I defeat my enemies when I make them my friends.
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Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.
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When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
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The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.
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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.
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The mind is like a parachute. It works best when it’s open.
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Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.
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The ultimate source of comfort and peace is within ourselves.
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Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
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The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.
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Anger or hatred is like a fisherman’s hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.
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Dalai Lama Quotes about Life
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
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People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
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Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
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We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
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In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.
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The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.
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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
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A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.
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Happiness is determined more by one’s state of mind than by external events.
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The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.
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When our minds are clouded by hatred, selfishness, jealousy, and anger, we lose not only control but also our judgment.
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The first step in restoring faith among those you lead is to inspire them with a sense of purpose—just
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When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways–either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.
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When you think everything is someone else’s fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.
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Through violence, you may ‘solve’ one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.
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The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless & free your action will be.
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The way to change others’ minds is with affection, and not anger.
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Inspirational Quotes by Dalai Lama
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
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Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
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Love is the absence of judgment.
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With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.
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If you don’t love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.
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In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.
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A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure.
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True change is within; leave the outside as it is.
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The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.
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I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
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Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.
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Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
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The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.
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It is important to consider others at least as important as ourselves. This is the essence of spirituality.
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Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content.
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I believe the most important thing for humankind is its own creativity. I further believe that, in order to be able to exercise this creativity, people need to be free.
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