"The true hero is one who conquers..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.
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“Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time in our lives.”
“Some people consider the practice of love and compassion is only related to religious practice and if they are not interested in religion they neglect these inner values. But love and compassion are qualities that human beings require just to live together.”
“Peace starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us.”
More on Self Control
“To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.”
“Why dost thou not pray... to give thee the faculty of not fearing any of the things which thou fearest, or of not desiring any of the things which thou desirest, or not being pained at anything, rather than pray that any of these things should not happen or happen?”
“In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into immorality.”
More on Anger
“We must set limits to our wishes, curb our desires, moderate our anger, always remembering that an individual can attain only an infinitesimal share in anything that is worth having; and that on the other hand, everyone must incur many of the ills of life”
“We don't know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it”
“I only wrote one song in jail. But I'm writing new album - you're going to feel the entire 11 months of what I went through on this album. I'm venting my anger.”