Dalai Lama Quotes

Practicing Dharma is the supreme method for improving the quality of our human life.

Go be the next humblest version of yourself.

People involve themselves in countless activities which they consider to be important, but they forget about one activity which is more important and necessary than any other, and which includes all other things: the improvement of their soul

I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.

Each good thought that you have encouraged and nourished is your life's true work of art.

Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.

Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.

You mustn’t wish for another life. You mustn’t want to be somebody else. What you must do is this: “Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks.” I am not all the way capable of so much, but those are the right instructions.

I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.

If you do everything as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life, and stop being aimless, stop letting your emotions override what your mind tells you, stop being hypocritical, self-centered, irritable.

Do the moment-to-moment work of dropping anything that wants to drag you down, and Reality itself will see to it that you rise.

I wish for you a life of wealth, health and happiness; a life in which you give to yourself the gift of patience, the virtue of reason, the value of knowledge, and the influence of faith in your own ability to dream about and achieve worthy rewards.

The quality of my life was the quality of my questions.

Many people see themselves as a problem that needs to be solved. They also habitually see the present moment as an obstacle that they need to overcome or get away from. With awareness, an inner sense of spaciousness arises that enables you to look at your own mind, which is to say the human mind, with a certain degree of detachment.

I forgive myself for not being perfect. I am living the very best way I know how.

Mastery of awareness requires that you never take personal offense.

Each minute we spend worrying about the future and regretting the past is a minute we miss in our appointment with life - a missed opportunity to engage life and to see that each moment gives us the chance to change for the better, to experience peace and joy.

Quantum wellness isn’t about deprivation and it’s not about perfection. It is about pointing yourself in the direction of growth, training yourself to get comfortable with your highest potential, and then taking small steps to support that shift. It’s about showing up for yourself, day by day, and then one day finding that you’ve undergone a transformation.

I begin with humility, I act with humility, I end with humility. Humility leads to clarity. Humility leads to an open mind and a forgiving heart. With an open mind and a forgiving heart, I see every person as superior to me in some way; with every person as my teacher, I grow in wisdom. As I grow in wisdom, humility becomes ever more my guide. I begin with humility, I act with humility, I end with humility.

Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with Love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

Moving. Someone said this to me a long time ago, it's bhuddist saying, I think: 'There is no wasted effort'.

People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds.

Meditation, more than any other factor, has been the reason for what success I've had.

If you would attain to your highest, go look upon a flower;what the flower does willessly, that do willingly.

I’m doing boy detox. Like a diet, only for my emotional health.