Dalai Lama

What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.

A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir – a constant source of energy, determination and kindness.

Love is the absence of judgment.

Not only higher forms of life but also many of the smallest insects are social beings who, without any religion, law or education, survive by mutual cooperation based on an innate recognition of their interconnectedness.

Being neededdoes not entail selfish pride or unhealthy attachment to the worldly esteem of others. Rather, it consists of a natural human hunger to serve our fellow men and women.

Education can’t focus only on developing our wonderful brain. We also need warm-heartedness. This is my view.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field!

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and the demands of citizenship itself in an era such as this all require the maximum development of every young American’s capacity. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

There was no word dyslexia when I was a kid. You were just dumb.

I just am not good at math.

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.

That’s the way to study history-by noting evolutionary processes.

Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.

We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.

I came in early every day for six months till I intercepted the letter from UCLA saying they’d never heard of me. I replaced it with a letter that said I’d graduated.

A man’s college and university degrees mean nothing to me until I see what he is able to do with them.

Perhaps because my father never got a college degree himself, he continued to view people who had one with a respect that bordered on awe. In most cases they didn’t deserve it. My father could run circles around most academics and he would have done very well in college, if he’d been able to go.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.

Do not neglect your life skills, which should include a healthy dose of financial education.