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Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama Quotes

«If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.»
«Dialogue is the most effective way of resolving conflict.»
«Who provides the opportunity to cultivate patience? Not our friends. Our enemies give us the most crucial chances to grow.»
«There is an old Tibetan saying: wherever you feel at home, you are at home. If your surroundings are pleasant, you are at home.»
«There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and small continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful.»
«Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion.»
«The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.»
«Self-discipline is crucial to a simpler, more contented life.»
«Compassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life.»
«Afflictive emotions - our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear - can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are only temporary, that they always pass on like clouds in the sky, you also realize they can ultimately be abandoned.»

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