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.
Dalai LamaThe most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger - the greatest threat to our inner peace, and therefore our happiness. The mind, or spirit, is not physical, it cannot be touched or harmed directly. Only negative thoughts and emotions can harm it. Therefore, only the corresponding positive quality can protect it.
Dalai LamaWe must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.
Dalai LamaThe most important thing is to have a sense of responsibility, commitment, and concern for each of our fellow human beings.
Dalai LamaMeditation is valuable for all of humanity because it involves looking inward. People don't have to be religious to look inside themselves more carefully. It is constructive and worthwhile to analyze our emotions, including compassion and our sense of caring, so that we can become more calm and happy.
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