Top 500 Dalai Lama Xiv Quotes (2025 Update)

Tibet is not like Kuwait. Kuwait has oil.

— Dalai Lama XIV

I believe that the destructive nature of society that now threatens the existence of the entire human world has much to do with human intelligence. The way to overcome all human suffering-that also is through human intelligence.

— Dalai Lama XIV

I believe deeply that we must find, all of us together, a new spirituality.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Furthermore, I shall explain the nature of dharmata: Such a nature as this cannot be determined to be any one thing. So however you label it, that is how it appears.

— Dalai Lama XIV

The basic condition of human life is happiness.

— Dalai Lama XIV

If I had not been a monk, I would have become an engineer.

— Dalai Lama XIV

We believe in self creation. That’s why Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths.

— Dalai Lama XIV

His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground.

— Dalai Lama XIV
Country

Compassion seems to be the greatest power.

— Dalai Lama XIV

We must have a pure, honest, and warm-hearted motivation, and on top of that, determination, optimism, hope, and the ability not to be discouraged. The whole of humanity depends on this motivation.

— Dalai Lama XIV

I believe that the time has come for women to take more active roles in all domains of human society, in an age in which education and the capacities of the mind, not physical strength, define leadership. This could help create a more equitable and compassionate society.

— Dalai Lama XIV

To seek solitude like a wild animal. That is my only ambition.

— Dalai Lama XIV
Ambition

We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Suffering increases your inner strength. Also, the wishing for suffering makes the suffering disappear.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die young. They are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence.

— Dalai Lama XIV
Strong

Different religions meet the needs of different people.

— Dalai Lama XIV

We had a rule in Tibet that anyone proposing a new invention had to guarentee that it was beneficial, or at least harmless, for seven generations of humans before it could be adopted.

— Dalai Lama XIV

In some cases is keeping your mouth shut the best answer.

— Dalai Lama XIV

When we develop a right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems.

— Dalai Lama XIV

I am like a wounded animal in a remote isolated place – How wonderful! – How happy!

— Dalai Lama XIV
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