Dalai Lama

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The most crucial use of knowledge and education is to understand the importance of developing a good heart.

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

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others is the ultimate source of success in life.

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

The essence of Buddhism is, if you can, to help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

God is a loving god.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity.

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It’s just that the translations have gone wrong.

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.

When you get there, there isn’t any there there.

It’s not about approving or liking, but just being able to allow the world to be the way it is without resenting, hating, or judging it.

A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.

Zen mind is not Zen mind. Throwing away Zen mind is correct Zen mind.

We’ve had the goddam Ages of Faith, we’ve had the goddam Age of Reason. This is the Age of Publicity.

I love learning about different religions, and discovering the different ways to worship, and to love the greatness and the higher being that surrounds us all. I definitely believe in a bigger presence, and I really respect all religions; at their core they all teach the same message – community and kindness and looking out for each other.

The Kingdom of God is Within You,

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.