Top 500 Dalai Lama XIV Quotes (2025 Update)
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301. “Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it’s truth that prevails.”

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302. “Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom.”

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303. “Someone else’s action should not determine your response.”

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304. “There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion.”

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305. “To develop patience, you need someone who willfully hurts you. Such people give us real opportunities to practice tolerance. They test our inner strength in a way that even our guru cannot. Basically, patience protects us from being discouraged.”

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306. “Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, “I am of no value”, is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought- so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.”

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307. “I remain convinced that most human conflicts can be solved through genuine dialogue conducted with a spirit of openness and reconciliation.”

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308. “Happiness comes through taming the mind; without taming the mind there is no way to be happy.”

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309. “Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.”

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310. “If one’s life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements.”

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311. “The jealousy that arises from another’s achievement is overcome by developing an awareness of and admiration for one’s own and other’s achievement.”

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312. “If your mind is scattered, it is quite powerless.”

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313. “Appreciate how rare and full of potential your situation is in this world, then take joy in it, and use it to your best advantage.”

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314. “In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.”

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315. “Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.”

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316. “Once your mind is calm and full of love, there is no room for hatred or fear. Others will trust you because of your open heart.”

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317. “Always engage yourself positively with situations.”

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318. “Anger, pride and competence are our real enemies.”

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319. “My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.”

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320. “If science proves facts that conflict with Buddhist understanding, Buddhism must change accordingly. We should always adopt a view that accords with the facts.”

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

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322. “The message of love and compassion will travel far and wide if all who follow a spiritual path work together in harmony and mutual respect.”

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323. “When you engage in fulfilling the needs of others, your own needs are fulfilled as a by-product.”

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324. “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.”

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325. “The more we feel concern for others and seek their well-being, the more friends we will have and the more welcome we will feel.”

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326. “Only through kindness and love can peace of mind be achieved.”

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327. “Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.”

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328. “Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury, it is a necessity.”

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329. “We have a natural creative ability and it is very important to realize this.”

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330. “I believe that whether a person follows any religion or not is unimportant, he or she must have a good heart, a warm heart.”

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331. “We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and friends. Peace and warm-heartednes s can then spread through the community just as ripples radiate out across the water when you drop a pebble into a pond.”

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332. “Every human should have the idea of taking care of the environment, of nature, of water. So using too much or wasting water should have some kind of feeling or sense of concern. Some sort of responsibility and with that, a sense of discipline.”

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333. “We must generate courage equal to the size of the difficulties we face.”

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334. “When a certain community is destroyed, in reality it destroys a part of all of us. So there should be a clear recognition that the entire humanity is just one family. Any conflict within humanity should be considered as a family conflict. We must find a solution within this atmosphere.”

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335. “Without inner peace it is impossible to have world peace.”

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336. “People assume that happiness stems from collecting things outside of yourself, whereas true happiness stems from removing things from inside of yourself.”

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337. “Anger, hatred, fear, is very bad for our health.”

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338. “Our world is increasingly interdependent, but I wonder if we truly understand that our interdependent human community has to be compassionate; compassionate in our choice of goals, compassionate in our means of cooperation and our pursuit of these goals.”

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339. “If you have a great deal of knowledge, but you’re governed by negative emotions, then you tend to use your knowledge in negative ways. Therefore, while you are learning, don’t forget the importance of warmheartedness.”

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340. “Blessings don’t come from outside, but from within. Whatever blessings we receive are the result of our own efforts and positive actions.”

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341. “If you help and serve others, you will ultimately gain.”

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342. “Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up.”

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343. “In order to be happy we must first possess inner contentment; and inner contentment doesn’t come from having all we want; but rather from wanting and appreciating being grateful for all we have.”

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344. “Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die young. They are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence.”

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345. “The natural environment sustains the life of all beings universally.”

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346. “Real change in society must start from individual initiative.”

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347. “Moving towards better rather than moving away from bad is an attitude of embracing life rather than rejecting it.”

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348. “So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others.”

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349. “The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being.”

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

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