Kelsang Gyatso Quotes

Patience puts up with those you'd like to put down

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Peace begins with a smile.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

Remind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.

Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.

The hardest thing to do when people are hurting you is to remain a decent person.

Love thy neighbor is difficult. That's why everybody - wars, you know. It's the hardest. And it's the most important. And respect thy neighbor. Love and respect. It means respect, really. Respect thy neighbor. Respect the other, the different.

To develop patience, you need someone who willfully hurts you. Such people give us real opportunities to practice tolerance. They test our inner strength in a way that even our guru cannot. Basically, patience protects us from being discouraged.

A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it. We are too ready to retaliate, rather than forgive, or gain by love and information. And yet we could hurt no man that we believe loves us. Let us, then, try what love will do: for if men do once see that we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us. Force may subdue, but love gains; and he that forgives first, wins the laurel.

People piss you off but its always important to forgive and forget.

Patience and love can do anything.

We must endure the contempt of others without reciprocating that contempt.

Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter.

Let us bear with magnanimity whatever it is needful for us to bear.

We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.

People can forgive each other.

A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers.

I'm a very sympathetic person, but that doesn't always come across in my work because I'm too busy being mad at everything.

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

Can we all get along?

We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.

True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if I told you that, having seen the reporter off on his way to make his deadline, I fell peacefully asleep.

He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness.

This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.