Dalai Lama Quotes

The transformation of the world is brought about by the transformation of oneself.

My own journey started long before I left, and was over before I returned.

Plateau experiencing can be achieved, learned, earned by long hard work.... A transient glimpse is certainly possible in the peak experiences which may, after all, come sometimes to anyone. But, so to speak, to take up residence on the high plateau .... that is another matter altogether. That tends to be a lifelong effort.

I see the potential for a new world being born in front of me and all around me, and I feel the only way to bring that potential into being is to know myself.

You are not crazy. You are just ready to change.

The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth.

Overcoming negative tendencies and enhancing positive potential are the very essence of the spiritual path.

Transformation is not a future event. It is a present activity.

When things hurt us, we're merely on our way to another spiritual environment.

But maybe if we are surrounded in beauty Someday we will become what we see

Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one.

Once in your life, try something. Work hard at something. Try to change. Nothing bad can happen.

My advice to you is not to undertake the spiritual path. It is too difficult, too long, and is too demanding. I suggest you ask for your money back, and go home. This is not a picnic. It is really going to ask everything of you. So, it is best not to begin. However, if you do begin, it is best to finish.

If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

In these simple words, Lord, is it I? lies the beginning of wisdom and the pathway to personal conversion and lasting change.

The only permanent and constructive changes you can make in the world are the changes that you make in yourself.

Devotion is about you. Maybe you use another object as inspiration, but you change your quality; you walk more joyfully, gently upon this planet.

We can create as magnificent an environment as we like, but unless we change the heart it's all a waste of time.

You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.

The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world.

To be born again means that we must be changed from a negative to a positive self-image - from inferiority to self-esteem, from fear to love, from doubt to trust.

They say: sufferings are misfortunes," said Pierre. 'But if at once this minute, I was asked, would I remain what I was before I was taken prisoner, or go through it all again, I should say, for God's sake let me rather be a prisoner and erat horseflesh again. We imagine that as soon as we are torn out of our habitual path all is over, but it is only the beginning of something new and good. As long as there is life, there is happiness. There is a great deal, a great deal before us.

If you do something for so long, it's really great in your life, right?

I think those of us on a spiritual journey can help create a new conversation, a new America, and a new world.