Top 500 Dalai Lama Xiv Quotes (2026 Update)

Most of our problems are related to the mind, so we have to work to reduce our destructive emotions.

— Dalai Lama XIV

The practice of love can be expressed in one sentence: ‘Do not harm others.’

— Dalai Lama XIV

Genuine happiness comes from focusing on the happiness of others.

— Dalai Lama XIV

The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being.

— Dalai Lama XIV

If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.

— Dalai Lama XIV

We all wish to live a happy life. In addition, we all have the same right to fulfil this goal. And we all have the potential to do so for the simple reason that future is not fixed, it can be changed. Therefore, we should live in hope that we really can overcome whatever problems we face.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Because the twentieth century was a century of violence, let us make the twenty-first a century of dialogue.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Firsts

A sense of contentment is crucial to being happy. Physical health, material wealth and friends contribute to this, but contentment governs our relations with them all.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all our thoughts and actions.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Prayer alone will not make a happy life. A happy life must be built. You must act.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Gratitude is something you show in relation to others.

— Dalai Lama XIV

If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world.

— Dalai Lama XIV

To foster inner awareness, introspection, and reasoning is more efficient than meditation and prayer.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone.

— Dalai Lama XIV

We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your feeling “I am of no value” is wrong. Absolutely wrong.

— Dalai Lama XIV

What I believe, according to my own experience, is that a calm, peaceful mind is a very important element for sustaining the body in a balanced way.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open.

— Dalai Lama XIV

As our own peace of mind grows, so the atmosphere around us becomes more peaceful.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Buddha urged people to investigate things – he didn’t just command them to believe.

— Dalai Lama XIV

To be extremely self-centred, only interested in your own satisfaction, always brings negative consequences in the long run.

— Dalai Lama XIV

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