Dalai Lama Quotes
We discover that all human beings are just like us, so we are able to relate to them more easily. That generates a spirit of friendship in which there is less need to hide what we feel or what we are doing.
Quotes to Explore
-
Life in California is beautiful.
-
New York is my home.
-
In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
-
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
-
My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.
-
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
-
Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
-
That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
-
Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine!
-
In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
-
I have disassociated myself from that book.
-
What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
-
Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
-
When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexuality. I'd been warned that he might giggle if I mentioned homosexuality.
-
It's funny how the smallest things I've done speak the loudest about me, but I like that.
-
I like working on my birthday, so I always do.
-
Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
-
I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
-
We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.
-
I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering.
-
Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space ships where the fuel is.
-
No achievement can be higher than that of working in harmony with other nations so that the lash of war may be lifted from our backs and a peace of lasting friendship descend upon us.
-
Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a watertight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may be a sin, exploitation of other people might, on the face of it, look rather nasty, but who can blame a man for 'doing the best' for his children?
-
We discover that all human beings are just like us, so we are able to relate to them more easily. That generates a spirit of friendship in which there is less need to hide what we feel or what we are doing.
