Dalai Lama

“My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.”

“My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then...”

“I feel exhausted if I teach too long.”

“Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.”

“Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.”

“I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.”

“I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.”

“It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.”

“I think governments can't do much.”

“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.”

“Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.”

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

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

“Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.”

“In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.”

“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.”

“If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.”

“Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.”

“I am just one human being.”

“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”