Dalai Lama Quotes

The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness. This world is not perfect. There are problems. But things like happiness and unhappiness are relative. Realizing this gives you hope.

Dalai Lama

Quotes to Explore

I see my role as a scholar announcing that women's feelings of unworthiness and insecurity often may be traced to training in a male-oriented religion, and I'm trying to investigate a richer spiritual life for both sexes.

Barbara G. Walker
- Life
- Women
- Trying
I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.

Manuel Moroun
- Good
- Nothing
- Changed
I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.

Hannah Kent
- Writing
- Poetry
- Qualities
When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.

Samantha Power
- Good
- Long
- Information
Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.

Zoe Kazan
- Myself
- Write
- Down
Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.

Warren E. Burger
- Time
- Blood
- Battle