Dalai Lama

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

My Brain and My Heart are my Temples. My true Religion is Kindness.

This is my simple religion.  There is no need for temples, no need for complication.  One's own mind, one's own heart is the temple, and loving-kindness is the philosophy.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

To seek solitude like a wild animal.  That is my only ambition.

The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticise others. Rather, we must criticise ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.

The purpose of our lives is happiness

I believe in justice and truth, without which there would be no basis for human hope