Top 500 Dalai Lama Xiv Quotes (2025 Update)

In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel “burnout” setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself. The point is to have a long-term perspective.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is unrealistic to expect results from meditation within a short period of time. What is required is continuous sustained effort.

— Dalai Lama XIV

We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.

— Dalai Lama XIV

All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element of discomfort, but there also is a level of stability because you are voluntarily accepting pain. It gives you a sense of confidence.

— Dalai Lama XIV

If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer.

— Dalai Lama XIV

It’s not enough to be compassionate. You must act.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Changing the World Helping Others Buddhist Suffering

Since we desire the true happiness that is brought about by a calm mind, and such peace of mind arises only from having a compassionate attitude, we need to make a concerted effort to develop compassion.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Genuine peace is based on inner peace, because you cannot build peace on the basis of anger.

— Dalai Lama XIV

I pray for a more friendly, more caring, and more understanding human family on this planet. To all who dislike suffering, who cherish lasting happiness, this is my heartfelt appeal.

— Dalai Lama XIV

A positive future cannot emerge from the mind of anger of despair.

— Dalai Lama XIV

If you contribute to other peoples happiness, you will find the true meaning of life. The key point is to have a genuine sense of universal responsibility.

— Dalai Lama XIV

We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Compassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life.

— Dalai Lama XIV

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The more we are concerned for the well being of others, the closer we will feel to each other.

— Dalai Lama XIV

I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty – compassion, affection and respect.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Concern yourselves more with the needs of others, with the needs of all humanity, and you’ll have peace of mind.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Through violence, you may ‘solve’ one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

— Dalai Lama XIV

The reality today is that we are all interdependent and have to co-exist on this small planet. Therefore, the only sensible and intelligent way of resolving differences and clashes of interests, whether between individuals or nations, is through dialogue.

— Dalai Lama XIV

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