Top 500 Dalai Lama XIV Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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402. “Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.”

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403. “My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.”

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404. “Happiness can be achieved through training the mind.”

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405. “Constructiveness is the human way.”

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406. “Each individual has a universal responsibility to shape institutions to serve human needs.”

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407. “If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world.”

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408. “A calm mind is good for our physical health, but it also enables us to see things more realistically.”

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409. “One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.”

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410. “My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness.”

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411. “A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting. If we maintain obsolete values and beliefs, a fragmented consciousness and self-centered spirit, we will continue to hold onto outdated goals and behaviors.”

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412. “All beings come from a mother’s womb. We should have a clear realization of the oneness of all humanity.”

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413. “If you utilize obstacles properly, then they strengthen your courage, and they also give you more intelligence, more wisdom.”

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414. “The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful in developing a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood; a warm feeling of love and compassion for others.”

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415. “All sentient beings have the seed of the Buddha within them.”

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416. “As far as social-economic theory is concerned, I am still a Marxist.”

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417. “Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.”

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418. “If we looked down at the world from space, we would not see any demarcations of national boundaries. We would simply see one small planet, just one.”

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419. “Through awareness, you get a certain attitude. That’s the way, you see, to achieve more peaceful, more compassion, more friendship through that way.”

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420. “I believe deeply that we must find, all of us together, a new spirituality.”

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421. “We all need basic human values rooted in trust and affection.”

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422. “What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.”

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423. “Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content.”

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424. “Destructive thoughts and emotions undermine the very causes of peace and happiness. If you think clearly about it, it makes no sense to think you’re seeking happiness, if you do nothing to restrain angry, spiteful, and malicious thoughts and emotions.”

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425. “Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt.”

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426. “Along with selfishness, anger is one of the most serious problems facing the world today.”

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427. “Although it is difficult to pinpoint the physical base or location of awareness, it is perhaps the most precious thing concealed within our brains. And it is something that the individual alone can feel and experience. Each of us cherishes it highly, yet it is private.”

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428. “Ethics: The indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.”

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429. “We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace of mind.”

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430. “Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something’s wrong. He’s not right in the brain.”

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431. “If you practice in accord with your individual capacity, little by little you will find more pleasure and joy in it. As you gain inner strength, your positive actions will gain in profundity and scope.”

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432. “The essence of any religion is good heart. Sometimes I call love and compassion a universal religion. This is my religion.”

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433. “We must cultivate a universal responsibility toward each other and extend it to the planet that we have to share.”

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434. “If you wonder what you were doing in the past, look at your body; to know what will happen to you in the future, look at your mind.”

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435. “If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer.”

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436. “I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.”

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437. “We have global communication and yet confrontation is more common than dialogue.”

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438. “From a certain point of view our real enemy, the true troublemaker, is inside.”

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439. “Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.”

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440. “I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness. It is the practice of compassion.”

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441. “Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are threatened by human activities which lack a commitment to humanitarian values. Destruction of nature and nature’s resources result from ignorance, greed and lack of respect for the earth’s living things.”

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442. “Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way – everything is interdependent, not absolute.”

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443. “Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table.”

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444. “Sometimes religion becomes yet another source for more division and even open conflict. Because of that situation, I feel the different religious traditions have a great responsibility to provide peace of mind and a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood among humanity.”

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445. “All People and things are interdependent. The world has become so small that no nation can solve its problems alone, in isolation from others. That is why I believe we must all cultivate a sense of responsibility based on love and compassion for each other.”

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446. “Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed. Deep down there is no difference.”

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447. “To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.”

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448. “The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness. This world is not perfect. There are problems. But things like happiness and unhappiness are relative. Realizing this gives you hope.”

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449. “It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.”

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450. “Distrust brings frustration and fear. So therefore, the lonely feeling automatically come. So, lonely feeling is not creation of environment, but creation of your own mental attitude.”

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