Dalai Lama (14th)

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

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

I am open to guidance from the universe, and I don’t let my limited perception of reality get in the way.

In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.

When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.

China has turned Tibet into a hell on earth.

I am a Marxist monk.

Sometimes I think I am a little bit lazy.

I consider myself a simple Buddhist monk. Nothing more, nothing less.

I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

My main interest is to promote human values, compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, self-discipline, contentment. That's my main interest.

I think the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.

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.

I always say that I am a student of Shantideva. That's my main guru.

The planet is our only home, and we must protect it.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.