Top 500 Dalai Lama Xiv Quotes (2025 Update)

To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else.

— Dalai Lama XIV

I believe that at every level of society the key to a happier world is the growth of compassion. We do not need to become religious, nor do we need to believe in an ideology. All that is necessary is for each of us to develop our good human qualities.

— Dalai Lama XIV

It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.

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Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people’s suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal.

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You are the people who are shaping a better world. One of the secrets of inner peace is the practice of compassion.

— Dalai Lama XIV

As people alive today, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility toward others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy, if not healthier, than we found it.

— Dalai Lama XIV

To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It’s very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family.

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Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

— Dalai Lama XIV

An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too.

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Human beings are of such nature that they should have not only material facilities but spiritual sustenance as well. Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult to get and maintain peace of mind.

— Dalai Lama XIV

I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Love and kindness are the very basis of society. If we lose these feelings, society will face tremendous difficulties; the survival of humanity will be endangered.

— Dalai Lama XIV

My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness.

— Dalai Lama XIV

The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful in developing a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood; a warm feeling of love and compassion for others.

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I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Delusions are states of mind which, when they arise within our mental continuum, leave us disturbed, confused and unhappy. Therefore, those states of mind which delude or afflict us are called ‘delusions.’

— Dalai Lama XIV
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