The quotations of

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetans

born 1935

18 quotes, most often on Religion, War & Peace and Charity.

Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
- Knowledge
Time is always moving on; nothing can stop it. We can’t change the past, but we can shape the future. The more compassionate you are, the more you will find inner peace.
Official twitter page of the Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Tweet from 8. April 2019 11:30 am
- Time
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.
“Kindness and Compassion” p. 47.
- Charity
- Religion
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
“Kindness and Compassion” p. 52
- Charity
- Religion
Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each one of us individually.
Nobel lecture (1989)
- Responsibility
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
Kindness, Clarity, and Insight (1984).
- Happiness
If there are sound reasons or bases for the points you demand, then there is no need for violence.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990), “The Nobel Evening Address” p. 115.
- War & Peace
To study Buddhism and then use it as a weapon in order to criticize others’ theories or ideologies is wrong. The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990), “A Talk to Western Buddhists” p. 87.
- Religion
The root of happiness is altruism — the wish to be of service to others.
The Dalai Lama at Harvard: Lectures on the Buddhist Path to Peace (1988) by Jeffrey Hopkins.
- Happiness
I feel that the essence of spiritual practice is your attitude toward others.
Answering the question “Your Holiness, there are many people in the West who want to combine their spiritual practice with social and political responsibility. Do you feel that these two aspects are connected?” in an interview with Catherine Ingram …
- Religion
True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace.
Nobel lecture (1989)
- War & Peace
I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.
Nobel acceptance speech (1989)
- Religion
- Responsibility
I don’t want to convert people to Buddhism — all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.
Daily Telegraph interview (2006)
- Religion
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990), “A Talk to Western Buddhists” p. 89
- Charity
It is very dangerous to ignore the suffering of any sentient being.
Interview in Worlds in Harmony: Dialogues on Compassionate Action, Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1992, pp. 20-21.
- Animals
- Morality

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