"If every 8 year old in the..." - Quote by Dalai Lama

“Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.”

“Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?”

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

“I do not put much emphasis on periods of meditation - if you do meditation, it's fine - but the important thing is to bring the awareness into everyday life, into every little action that you do, into the varied challenges of everyday life.”

“Thought ceases in meditation; even the mind's elements are quite quiet. Blood circulation stops. His breath stops, but he is not dead.”

“To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there is noise, there is always some silence underneath and in between the sounds. Listening to the silence immediately creates stillness inside you.”

“The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot”

“When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind.”

“To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life.”