Patience as we wait to take action is a kind of compassionate mind. Impatience on the other hand can be a source of failure.
Dalai LamaThe basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.
Dalai LamaThere 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.
Dalai LamaWhen we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.
Dalai Lama