Top 500 Dalai Lama Xiv Quotes (2025 Update)

Freedom is the real source of human happiness and creativity. Irrespective of whether you are a believer or nonbeliever, whether Buddhist, Christian, or Jew, the important thing is to be a good human being.

— Dalai Lama XIV
Real

We have to have some form of politics. Politics is a form of resolving conflicts. Politics which comes from sincere motivation is constructive.

— Dalai Lama XIV

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

— Dalai Lama XIV

The ultimate way to solve human problems is with nonviolence.

— Dalai Lama XIV

All religions are essentially the same in their goal of developing a good human heart so that we may become better human beings.

— Dalai Lama XIV

To me there is no difference whether president, beggar, or king.

— Dalai Lama XIV

For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, and enemy is indispinsable. So we should be grateful to our enemies, for it is they who can best help us to develop a tranquil mind.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Indulgence in resentment and vengeance will only further increase miseries to oneself and others in this life and in lives to come.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Humans are not machines-we are something more. We have feeling and experience. Material comforts are not sufficient to satisfy us. We need something deeper-human affection.

— Dalai Lama XIV

No material object, however beautiful or valuable, can make us feel loved, because our deeper identity and true character lie in the subjective nature of the mind.

— Dalai Lama XIV

In some respects I have been the most unlucky because I have spent more time living as a refugee outside my country than I have spent in Tibet. On the other hand, it has been very rewarding for me to live in a democracy and to learn about the world in a way that we Tibetans had never known before.

— Dalai Lama XIV
Country

Good human qualities-honesty, sincerity, a good heart-cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced my machines, but only by the mind itself. We can call this the inner light, or God’s blessing, or human qualitity. This is the essence of mankind.

— Dalai Lama XIV

When you encounter some problems, if you point your finger at yourself and not at others, this gives you control over yourself and calmness in a situation, where otherwise self-control becomes problematic.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Infinite altruism is the basis of peace and happiness. If you want altruism, you must control hate and you must practice patience. The main teachers of patience are our enemies.

— Dalai Lama XIV

If you help and serve others, you will ultimately gain.

— Dalai Lama XIV

A learned person will become noble only when he or she has put into real practice what has been learned, instead of mere words.

— Dalai Lama XIV
Real

If we adopt a self-centered approach to life, by which we attempt to use others for our own self interest, we might be able to gain temporary benefits, but in the long run we will not succeed in achieving even our personal happiness, and hope for the next life is out of the question.

— Dalai Lama XIV

A mind that is characterized by unrest will not be tranquil even in the presence of great calm.

— Dalai Lama XIV

If you are showing love to your fellow human beings, you are showing love to your God.

— Dalai Lama XIV

Anger is the ultimate troublemaker. I feel you can express a strong disapproval or dislike of an object without losing your temper.

— Dalai Lama XIV
Strong
Privacy Policy   7.40ms  0.72MB