His Holiness the Dalai Lama was our first Everyday Inspiration here at Advance Humanity and he is my go-to guy when I think of how I want to be in my everyday life. He's the background on my computer, iPod and just about everything I've got, and his example is constantly in my mind. I have always greatly admired him, his quiet and calm leadership style and, maybe most of all, his words.

Since I was in high school over 10 years ago, I've been reading his quotes and writing down my favorites. I must have read thousands over the years and dozens of his books, but always kept my list of favorite quotes down to a few hundred. These particular quotes have been tremendously helpful to me throughout my life and, thanks to technology, it's easy to share them with people all around the world.

The Social Network

When Facebook came onto the scene not too long ago, my friend Pawan decided to take my favorite quotes and turn them into a Facebook application. It quickly grew to thousands of fans and was a lot of fun to do. When Facebook launched pages we created a Quotes from the Dalai Lama page and a Twitter account where we share one quote everyday using Timely.is to upload a batch of quotes all at once.

iEverything

Just as iPod revolutionized the way people looked at Apple, iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads have revolutionized the way that people interact with fun applications or apps. They have made everything from games to information fun, bite-sized and easy to store in your pocket. It's like something out of Star Trek!

I always dreamed of having an iPhone app for the Dalai Lama's quotes, but knew I couldn't do it myself. So I asked around. Back in 2010, James at Software X was kind enough to create a simple app for us for free. It was very popular and a lot of fun to do but it only scratched the surface of what was possible.