"The creation of a more peaceful and..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual, and from there it can expand to one's family, to one's neighborhood, to one's community and so on.
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“When a person is in a miserable situation, then, yes, it is difficult to develop genuine compassion toward others. That's why I find it difficult to say to poor people, "Please have compassion toward millionaires." That's not easy.”
“China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.”
“All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.”
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“The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.”
“But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation in its true light, for their eyes are blinded by passion. General fear and anxiety create hatred and aggressiveness. The adaptation to warlike aims and activities has corrupted the mentality of man; as a result, intelligent, objective and humane thinking has hardly any effect and is even suspected and persecuted as unpatriotic.”
“Money is the counter that enables life to be lived socially; it is life as truly as sovereigns and banknotes are money.”
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“All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.”
“I appeal for cessation of hostilities, not because you are too exhausted to fight, but because war is bad in essence. You want to kill Nazism. You will never kill it by its indifferent adoption.”
“When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.”