Life Quotes by Dalai Lama XIV

“...the very "purpose of life" - the goal of avoiding suffering and discovering happiness.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“There is perhaps nothing more joyous than birth, and yet so much of life is spent in sadness, stress, and suffering.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“stress and anxiety come from our expectations of how life should be.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“we are able to create and re-create our lives and the very quality of human life on our planet.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Our perspective toward life is our final and ultimate freedom. - Viktor Frankl quoted by Desmond Tutu”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“In accepting that suffering is a part of your daily existence, you could begin by examining the factors that normally give rise…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“If we analyze or dissect a flower, looking for the flower among its parts, we shall not find it ... And yet,…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Most people never pay much attention to the ultimate source of a happy life, which is inside, not outside. Even the source…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Initially, the positive emotions derived from cultivating our higher natures may be weak, but we can enhance them through constant familiarity, making…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“The Buddha asks us to stop drifting thoughtlessly through our lives and instead to pay careful attention to simple truths that are…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“One great question underlies our existence,” the Dalai Lama had said before the trip. “What is the purpose of life? After much…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“It is our suffering that is the most basic element that we share with others, the factor that unifies us with all…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“When life becomes too complicated and we feel overwhelmed, it’s often useful just to stand back and remind ourselves of our overall…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“It is only natural that difficulties arise if we must fight day by day in order to survive while another human being,…

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“External enemies, however brutal they are, only affect us during one lifetime. They have no power to harm us beyond this life.…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“According to the Archbishop and the Dalai Lama, when we see how little we really need—love and connection—then all the getting and…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“We are but visitors on this planet. We are here for ninty or one hundred years at the very most. During that…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“They do not exist in their own right, but only have an existence dependent upon many factors, including a consciousness that conceptualizes…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“In daily life we experience suffering more often than pleasure. If we are patient, in the sense of taking suffering voluntarily upon…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“All phenomena—causes and effects, agents and actions, good and bad—merely exist conventionally; they are dependent-arisings. Because phenomena depend upon other factors for…

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“It is clear that something is seriously lacking in the way we humans are going about things. But what is it that…

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“In the frenzy of modern life we lose sight of the real value of humanity. People become the sum total of what…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Sometimes when I meet old friends, it reminds me how quickly time passes. And it makes me wonder if we've utilized our…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Politics devoid of ethics does not further human welfare, and life without morality reduces humans to the level of beasts.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Adversity, illness, and death are real and inevitable. We chose whether to add to these unavoidable facts of life with the suffering…

— Dalai Lama XIV