Dalai Lama Hat Quotations

Hatred, jealousy, and fear hinder peace of mind. When you're angry or unforgiving, for example, your mental suffering is constant. It is better to forgive than to spoil your peace of mind with ill feelings.

The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance.

One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.

Anger, hatred, fear, is very bad for our health

It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion.

Infinite altruism is the basis of peace and happiness. If you want altruism, you must control hate and you must practice patience. The main teachers of patience are our enemies.

Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.

If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function properly.

Everybody loves to talk about calmness and peace, whether in a family, national, or international context, but without inner peace how can we make real peace? World peace through hatred and force is impossible.

To combat hatred directed toward a person, a Buddhist cultivates loving kindness toward that person.

Scientists are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.

When you hate someone intensely, 80% of what you think is delusion.

Anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred are the real troublemakers, with them problems cannot be solved.

We cannot overcome anger and hatred simply by suppressing them. We need to actively cultivate the antidotes: patience and tolerance.

Once your mind is calm and full of love, there is no room for hatred or fear. Others will trust you because of your open heart.

Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly.

In some places, there's the concept of one religion, one truth. In the Muslim world, there's the notion of Allah. The Western, multireligious modern society is some kind of a challenge to this. These, I feel, are the main causes [for terrorism], and, when combined with lots of anger and frustration, cause a huge amount of hate.

Feelings of anger, bitterness, and hate are negative. If I kept those inside me, they would spoil my body and my health. The are of no use.

If we human beings rely only on material development, we can’t be sure of a positive outcome. Employing technology motivated by anger and hatred is likely to be destructive. It will only be beneficial if we seek the welfare of all beings. Human beings are the only species with the potential to destroy the world. Because of the risks of unrestrained desire and greed we need to cultivate contentment and simplicity.

We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others’ generosity to meanness. And who is there among us who does not prefer tolerance, respect and forgiveness of our failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment?

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.

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

Whatever the intellectual quality of the education given our children, it is vital that it include elements of love and compassion, for nothing guarantees that knowledge alone will be truly useful to human beings.

Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.

Whether we consider the individual, family, local, national or international level, peace must arise from inner peace. For example, making prayers for peace while continuing to harbor anger is futile. Training the mind and overcoming your anger is much more effective than mere prayer. Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.

Fear, hatred, and suspicion narrow your mind - compassion opens it.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

You must not hate those who do wrong or harmful things; but with compassion, you must do what you can to stop them — for they are harming themselves, as well as those who suffer from their actions.