Top 500 Dalai Lama Xiv Quotes (2025 Update)

We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don’t stand up to experimentation, Buddha’s own words must be rejected.

— Dalai Lama XIV

My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others happiness.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.

— Dalai Lama XIV

I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance.

— Dalai Lama XIV

A sense of concern for others gives our lives meaning; it is the root of all human happiness.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for and attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities.

— Dalai Lama XIV

World peace begins with inner peace.

— Dalai Lama XIV

My Brain and My Heart are my Temples. My true Religion is Kindness.

— Dalai Lama XIV

The key to human happiness lies within our own state of mind, and so too do the primary obstacles to that happiness.

— Dalai Lama XIV

It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed. Deep down there is no difference.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Human beings will continue to deceive and overpower one another. Basically, everyone exists in the very nature of suffering, so to abuse or mistreat each other is futile. The foundation of all spiritual practice is love. That you practice this well is my only request.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Violence will only increase the cycle of violence.

— Dalai Lama XIV

I appreciate any organization or individual people who sincerely make an effort to promote harmony between humanity, and particularly harmony between the various religions. I consider it very sacred work and very important work.

— Dalai Lama XIV

If a person’s basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.

— Dalai Lama XIV

The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life.

— Dalai Lama XIV

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Real change in society must start from individual initiative.

— Dalai Lama XIV

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Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt.

— Dalai Lama XIV

We are born and reborn countless number of times, and it is possible that each being has been our parent at one time or another. Therefore, it is likely that all beings in this universe have familial connections.

— Dalai Lama XIV

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