We are social animals. Others' suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness.
Dalai LamaHarmony can not thrive in a climate of mistrust, cheating, bullying; mean-spirited competition.
Dalai LamaThe mind is key. If anything should be considered a god, so to speak, it is the mind, not money. A healthy positive mind is the utmost priority. But if we were to reverse the order of these priorities, what would happen? I find it hard to imagine how a person with great wealth, bad health, no friends, and no peace of mind could feel even slightly happy.
Dalai LamaThe most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger.
Dalai LamaThere are differences between us. But it doesn't make sense to emphasize that, because my future and yours is connected with everyone else's. So we have to take seriously our concern for all of humanity. When we focus on our individuality, humanity inevitably suffers. And once humanity suffers, each one of us will also suffer.
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