Dalai Lama (14th)

"The human body is precious. It is difficult to obtain and difficult to sustain."

"Absence of pain is a physical state where it is possible to be happy."

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."

"We are all the same - everybody wants happiness and does not want suffering."

"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple."

"Failure is the path to success."

"The boundaries we imagine between ourselves and others are illusions. What we do to the environment, we do to ourselves."

"While you are alive, you must always think bigger than your current goal, and you must accomplish all your goals of life."

"Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it."

"The purpose of all religion is to achieve lasting world peace; all religions teach the virtues of love, forgiveness, and self-restraint."

"Education should be a humanistic enterprise, aimed at producing fully human beings who recognize our shared humanity and universal interdependence."

"Every day, think as if it was your last day on Earth."

"Humans are not machines. We make mistakes all the time."

"If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another."

"Your own emotional suffering is important, but by expanding your circle of compassion to include others' suffering, the sense of despair diminishes."

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."

"Even if you are not sure about the afterlife, start acting as if you will live for hundreds of years."

"Gratitude is something that should be cultivated like a garden."

"The real enemy of my people is not any external enemy, but internal disharmony and the lack of moral responsibility."

"It is often stated that of all the days in one's life, one's days as a child are the happiest."

"The most fundamental principle of Buddhism is the concept that things are constantly changing."

"Every human action has an energy of consequences, and the ability to make a positive difference in the world is in the hands of every individual."

"If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future, look into your present actions."

"We have to have faith. In case we don't have faith, then we have nothing."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."

"I always believe the rule by fear is no mandate."

"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness."

"The planet does not need more successful people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers."

"The key to a happy life is to cultivate compassion for all beings, including one's enemies."

"Material development alone does not guarantee human satisfaction."