"Tolerance is an important virtue of bodhisattvas..." - Quote by Dalai Lama

“The main cause of suffering is egoistic desire for one's own comfort and happiness.”

“What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.”

“It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.”

“Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.”

“It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.”

“I found out that a lot of my liberal friends weren't liberal because they weren't liberal about approaching anybody else's ideas, or at least standing for it. They started getting really animalistic about, "I can't even associate with this guy. He's stupid. He's an idiot."”

“Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.”

“If our virtues did not go forth of us, it were all alike as if we had them not.”

“Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.”