Dalai Lama Quotes

I'm not much for formality.

I don't like routine and I don't like rules.

I just like to take it as it comes, go where the wind blows me. I'm not going to plan.

I don't really have a routine. I make it up on the fly, or whatever feels right, I'll do.

If you like something one day, then you do, and if you like something else the other day, it's whatever.

In general, I don't like formality at all.

It doesn't need to be the same every day, doesn't need to be the same shower I use, the same restaurant I go to, the same hour I go to sleep. I've always been very flexible. I don't care if I practice at nine in the morning or 10 P.M.

I'm not somebody who plans. There were times I planned a lot in my life, and it never turns out how you plan it. So I think it's important not to. I'm a very spontaneous person.

I'm very free-spirited.

There is never a typical week. I don't think I can live with a typical week.

The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules.

I'm certainly not an uptight home owner.

I'm a big believer in spontaneity.

I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom.

I'm very antischedule. Except for board meetings, I don't really schedule things or keep a calendar. I think appointments are caustic to creativity.

I'd like to be more spontaneous.

I'm a very spontaneous person, for the bad and the good.

My policy is to have no policy.

You can't make a rule about it. The minute you make a rule, it's like putting your wedding pictures in 'In Style' magazine - you're divorced.

The way for me to live is to have no way. My only habit should be to have none. Because I did it this way before is not sufficient reason to do it this way today.

There is spontaneity to my work.

I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free.

I don't feel like consistency is in my life at all, but I honestly wouldn't have it any other way because it keeps my life interesting.

Part of the beauty of the way Australians hang out isn't just how relaxed it is, but the inclusive, rolling nature of how they socialize.

I do not believe in planning.