If your mental attitude is positive, even when threats abound, you won’t lose your inner peace. On the other hand, if your mind is negative, marked by fear, suspicion and feelings of helplessness, even among your best friends, in a pleasant atmosphere and comfortable surroundings, you won’t be happy.
Dalai LamaThe challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.
Dalai LamaWe need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and friends. Peace and warm-heartednes s can then spread through the community just as ripples radiate out across the water when you drop a pebble into a pond
Dalai LamaBy far the single greatest danger facing humankind - in fact, all living beings on our planet - is the threat of nuclear destruction.
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