Our visit to this planet is short, so we should use our time meaningfully, which we can do by helping others wherever possible. – Dalai Lama

I believe the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in that religion or this religion, we are all seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness. - Dalai Lama

Compassion is the radicalism of our time. - Dalai Lama

We need to learn how to want what we have NOT to have what we want in order to get steady and stable Happiness. - Dalai Lama

Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind. - Dalai Lama

Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content. – Dalai Lama

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. – Dalai Lama

Love is the absence of judgment. – Dalai Lama

Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable. – Dalai Lama

The time of greatest gain in wisdom and inner strength is often the time of greatest difficulty. – Dalai Lama

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. – Dalai Lama

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. – Dalai Lama

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

We need to learn to want what we have, not to have what we want, in order to get stable and steady happiness.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.

It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.