If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.
Dalai LamaExternal circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.
Dalai Lama...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.
Dalai LamaThe most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger.
Dalai LamaWhen young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive world as we grow up, yet from birth we all have a need for affection. The emotions we experience today have not changed much over the last few thousand years, but the interest increasing numbers of people are showing in their inner world and how their emotions work is a sign of maturity.
Dalai Lama