Dalai Lama

Quotes from the Dalai Lama.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
- Confucius

Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.
- Dalai Lama

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.
- Dalai Lama

Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.
- Dalai Lama

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.
- Dalai Lama

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.
- Dalai Lama

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.
- Dalai Lama

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.
- Dalai Lama

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.
- Dalai Lama

One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China’s Communists.
- Dalai Lama