The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood.

The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world.

For a few moments, be aware of your potential for change. Whatever your present situation is, evolution and transformation are always possible. At the least, you can change your way of seeing things and then, gradually, your way of being as well.

Confidence is closely linked to how well our perceptions match reality

We cannot study everything at the same time.

Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.

When you engage in compassion, and you hear a distressing sound, like someone calling for help, there is an activation in an area of the brain called the insular, which has to do with empathy and altruism, that is vastly more activated than in non-meditators.