--- title: "15 Dalai lama Quotes By Dalai Lama XIV" description: "15 Dalai lama quotes by Dalai Lama XIV. Plus more from Dalai Lama XIV and more Dalai lama sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_anxiety_stress-and-anxiety-often-come-from-too-m_2969733.jpg" --- > [“Stress and anxiety often come from too much expectation and too much ambition,” the Dalai Lama said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/stress-and-anxiety-often-come-from-too-much-expectation-and-too-much/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_anxiety_stress-and-anxiety-often-come-from-too-m_2969733.jpg) > [“As the Dalai Lama has described it, if we see a person who is being crushed by a rock, the goal is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/as-the-dalai-lama-has-described-it-if-we-see-a-person-who-is-being/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_dalai-lama_as-the-dalai-lama-has-described-it-if-we_2640306.jpg) > [“One great question underlies our existence,” the Dalai Lama had said before the trip. “What is the purpose of life? After much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/one-great-question-underlies-our-existence-the-dalai-lama-had-said/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_dalai-lama_one-great-question-underlies-our-existen_2837984.jpg) > [“The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is important to know it is human business, it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/the-topic-of-compassion-is-not-at-all-religious-business-it-is/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_business_the-topic-of-compassion-is-not-at-all-re_1697721.jpg) > [“According to the Archbishop and the Dalai Lama, when we see how little we really need—love and connection—then all the getting and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/according-to-the-archbishop-and-the-dalai-lama-when-we-see-how-little/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_life_according-to-the-archbishop-and-the-dala_1277841.jpg) > [“We gain true friends by having a kind heart and not deceiving people. The friends that we make when we have power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/we-gain-true-friends-by-having-a-kind-heart-and-not-deceiving-people/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_dalai-lama_we-gain-true-friends-by-having-a-kind-he_1585001.jpg) > [“The Dalai Lama began by saying it’s not possible for everyone to be a Christian or a Buddhist. “There’s no other choice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/the-dalai-lama-began-by-saying-it-s-not-possible-for-everyone-to-be-a/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_buddhism_the-dalai-lama-began-by-saying-it-s-not_2104270.jpg) > [“So now,” the Dalai Lama concluded, “in quantum physics, they also have a similar view. Any objective thing does not really exist.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/so-now-the-dalai-lama-concluded-in-quantum-physics-they-also-have-a/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_quantum-physics_so-now-the-dalai-lama-concluded-in-quant_1909925.jpg) > [“One exceptional morning, the Dalai Lama even introduced the Archbishop to his meditation practice in his private residence, and the Archbishop gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/one-exceptional-morning-the-dalai-lama-even-introduced-the-archbishop/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_christian-faith_one-exceptional-morning-the-dalai-lama-e_2217747.jpg) > [“The problem is that our world and our education remain focused exclusively on external, materialistic values. We are not concerned enough with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/the-problem-is-that-our-world-and-our-education-remain-focused/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6f/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_buddism_the-problem-is-that-our-world-and-our-ed_668968.jpg) > [“So I really appreciate your coming to have this conversation,” the Dalai Lama said. “In order to develop our mind, we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/so-i-really-appreciate-your-coming-to-have-this-conversation-the/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_brothers-and-sisters_so-i-really-appreciate-your-coming-to-ha_2200299.jpg) > [“Your Holiness, many believe that as a monk you have renounced pleasure or enjoyment.” “And sex,” the Dalai Lama added, although that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/your-holiness-many-believe-that-as-a-monk-you-have-renounced-pleasure/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_pleasures-of-life_your-holiness-many-believe-that-as-a-mon_1986716.jpg) > [“Then another thing,” the Dalai Lama continued. “There are different aspects to any event. For example, we lost our own country and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/then-another-thing-the-dalai-lama-continued-there-are-different/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_dalai-lama_then-another-thing-the-dalai-lama-contin_2539860.jpg) > [“I think I have to take issue with you on that,” the Archbishop responded. “The people who go around becoming bullies are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/i-think-i-have-to-take-issue-with-you-on-that-the-archbishop/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_brothers-and-sisters_i-think-i-have-to-take-issue-with-you-on_1928800.jpg) > [“You were raised with a very special status in Tibet. You must have come to this recognition of oneness over time.” “Yes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/you-were-raised-with-a-very-special-status-in-tibet-you-must-have/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_dalai-lama_you-were-raised-with-a-very-special-stat_2609208.jpg) ## Other authors on Dalai lama ## More by Dalai Lama XIV > [This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/this-is-my-simple-religion-no-need-for-temples-no-need-for/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“Transforming the mind involves first learning to know it, then identifying how it functions so as to eliminate the three main mental poisons, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/transforming-the-mind-involves-first-learning-to-know-it-then/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“our ability to reframe our situation more positively”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/our-ability-to-reframe-our-situation-more-positively/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“The fourth and final circuit is “our ability to be generous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/the-fourth-and-final-circuit-is-our-ability-to-be-generous/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“In general, if we carefully examine any given situation in a very unbiased and honest way, we will realize that to a large extent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/in-general-if-we-carefully-examine-any-given-situation-in-a-very/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn't anything that isn't made easier through constant familiarity and training. Through training, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/no-matter-what-activity-or-practice-we-are-pursuing-there-isn-t/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“Live so when your children think of fairness and integrity they think of you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/live-so-when-your-children-think-of-fairness-and-integrity-they-think/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“It is important to consider others at least as important as ourselves. This is the essence of spirituality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/it-is-important-to-consider-others-at-least-as-important-as-ourselves/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“I maintain that Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism all hold up love as an ideal, seek to benefit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/i-maintain-that-buddhism-christianity-confucianism-hinduism-islam/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“Marriages, even the best ones—perhaps especially the best ones—are an ongoing process of spoken and unspoken forgiveness. •”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/marriages-even-the-best-ones-perhaps-especially-the-best-ones-are-an/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“You see, if there are no difficulties and you are always relaxed, then you complain more”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/you-see-if-there-are-no-difficulties-and-you-are-always-relaxed-then/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Every moment is a gift.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/it-is-not-happiness-that-makes-us-grateful-it-is-gratefulness-that/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“Joy can span from the pleasure of others’ good fortune, what Buddhists call mudita, to the pleasure in others’ misfortune, what the Germans call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/joy-can-span-from-the-pleasure-of-others-good-fortune-what-buddhists/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“If you think only of yourself, if you forget the rights and well-being of others, or, worse still, if you exploit others, ultimately you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/if-you-think-only-of-yourself-if-you-forget-the-rights-and-well-being/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“It seems that scientific research reaches deeper and deeper. But it also seems that more and more people, at least scientists, are beginning to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/it-seems-that-scientific-research-reaches-deeper-and-deeper-but-it/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dalai-lama/dalai-lama-xiv/#itemlist", "name": "15 Dalai lama Quotes By Dalai Lama XIV", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Stress and anxiety often come from too much expectation and too much ambition,” the Dalai Lama said.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dalai Lama XIV" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/stress-and-anxiety-often-come-from-too-much-expectation-and-too-much/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_anxiety_stress-and-anxiety-often-come-from-too-m_2969733.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_anxiety_stress-and-anxiety-often-come-from-too-m_2969733.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_anxiety_stress-and-anxiety-often-come-from-too-m_2969733.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Stress and anxiety often come from too much expectation and too much ambition,” the Dalai Lama said.” — Dalai Lama XIV", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As the Dalai Lama has described it, if we see a person who is being crushed by a rock, the goal is not to get under the rock and feel what they are feeling; it is to help to remove the rock.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dalai Lama XIV" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/as-the-dalai-lama-has-described-it-if-we-see-a-person-who-is-being/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_dalai-lama_as-the-dalai-lama-has-described-it-if-we_2640306.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_dalai-lama_as-the-dalai-lama-has-described-it-if-we_2640306.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_dalai-lama_as-the-dalai-lama-has-described-it-if-we_2640306.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As the Dalai Lama has described it, if we see a person who is being crushed by a rock, the goal is not to…” — Dalai Lama XIV", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“One great question underlies our existence,” the Dalai Lama had said before the trip. “What is the purpose of life? 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We are not concerned enough with inner values. Those who grow up with this kind of education live in a materialistic life and eventually the whole society becomes materialistic. But this culture is not sufficient to tackle our human problems. The real problem is here,\" the Dalai Lama said, pointed to his head. 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Everyone seeks happiness, joyfulness, but from outside—from money, from power, from big car, from big house. Most people never pay much attention to the ultimate source of a happy life, which is inside, not outside. Even the source of physical health is inside, not outside. “So there may be a few differences between us. You usually emphasize faith. Personally I am Buddhist, and I consider faith very important, but at the same time the reality is that out of seven billion people, over one billion people on the planet are nonbelievers. So we cannot exclude them. One billion is quite a large number. They are also our human brothers and sisters. They also have the right to become happier human beings and to be good members of the human family. 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I sat next to you at lunch, and it looked like you were really enjoying the wonderful food. What is the role for you of enjoying the pleasures of life?” “I love food. Without food, my body can’t survive. You also,” he said, turning to the Archbishop, “can’t just think God, God, God. I cannot just think about compassion, compassion, compassion. Compassion will not fill my stomach. But, you see, each meal we have to develop the ability to consume the meal without attachment.” “Huh?” the Archbishop asked, not quite following how the Dalai Lama was using the Buddhist term attachment, and perhaps also not quite following how anyone could not be attached to one’s food. “Not eating out of greed,” the Dalai Lama explained. “Eating only for the survival of the body. 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For example, we lost our own country and became refugees, but that same experience gave us new opportunities to see more things. For me personally, I had more opportunities to meet with different people, different spiritual practitioners, like you, and also scientists. This new opportunity arrived because I became a refugee. If I remained in the Potala in Lhasa, I would have stayed in what has often been described as a golden cage: the Lama, holy Dalai Lama.” He was now sitting up stiffly as he once had to when he was the cloistered spiritual head of the Forbidden Kingdom. “So, personally, I prefer the last five decades of refugee life. It’s more useful, more opportunity to learn, to experience life. Therefore, if you look from one angle, you feel, oh how bad, how sad. But if you look from another angle at that same tragedy, that same event, you see that it gives me new opportunities. So, it’s wonderful. That’s the main reason that I’m not sad and morose. 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With a self-centered attitude, you become distanced from others, then distrust, then feel insecure, then fear, then anxiety, then frustration, then anger, then violence.” It was fascinating to hear the Dalai Lama describe the process of mind that leads to fear, alienation, and ultimately to violence. I pointed out that so often our parenting in the West is too focused on our children, and their needs alone, rather than helping them to learn to care for others. The Dalai Lama responded, “Yes, there is too much self-centeredness also among parents—‘my children, my children.’ That’s biased love. We need unbiased love toward entire humanity, entire sentient beings, irrespective of what their attitude is toward us. So your enemies are still human brothers and sisters, so they also deserve our love, our respect, our affection. That’s unbiased love. You might have to resist your enemies’ actions, but you can love them as brothers and sisters. 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You must have come to this recognition of oneness over time.” “Yes, I have grown in my wisdom from study and experience. When I first went to Peking, now Beijing, to meet Chinese leaders, and also in 1956 when I came to India and met some Indian leaders, there was too much formality, so I felt nervous. So now, when I meet people, I do it on a human-to-human level, no need for formality. I really hate formality. When we are born, there is no formality. When we die, there is no formality. When we enter hospital, there is no formality. So formality is just artificial. It just creates additional barriers. So irrespective of our beliefs, we are all the same human beings. We all want a happy life.” I couldn’t help wondering if the Dalai Lama’s dislike of formality had to do with having spent his childhood in a gilded cage. “Was it only when you went into exile,” I asked, “that the formality ended?” “Yes, that’s right. So sometimes I say, Since I became a refugee, I have been liberated from the prison of formality. So I became much closer to reality. That’s much better. I often tease my Japanese friends that there is too much formality in their cultural etiquette. Sometimes when we discuss something, they always respond like this.” The Dalai Lama vigorously nodded his head. “So whether they agree or disagree, I cannot tell. The worst thing is the formal lunches. I always tease them that the meal looks like decoration, not like food. Everything is very beautiful, but very small portions! I don’t care about formality, so I ask them, more rice, more rice. 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