We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha's own words must be rejected.

— Dalai Lama XIV

We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.

— Dalai Lama XIV

When I doubt that I exist, I pinch myself.

— Dalai Lama XIV

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life. And a good life does not mean just good food, good clothes, good shelter. These are not sufficient. A good motivation is what is needed: compassion, without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their rights and human dignity.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Whilst on the subject of the spread of Buddhism in the West, I want to say that I have noticed some tendency towards sectarianism amongst new practitioners. This is absolutely wrong. Religion should never become a source of conflict, a further factor of division within the human community.

— Dalai Lama XIV

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

— Dalai Lama XIV

You must not hate those who do harmful things. The compassionate thing is to do what you can to stop them--for they are harming themselves as well as those who suffer from their actions.

— Dalai Lama XIV

You must not hate those who do wrong or harmful things; but with compassion, you must do what you can to stop them — for they are harming themselves, as well as those who suffer from their actions.

— Dalai Lama XIV