"It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live."
- Dalai Lama XIV
"The fundamental precept of Buddhism is Interdependence or the Law of Cause and Effect. This simply states that everything an individual experiences is derived from action through motivation. Motivatio..."
"Politics devoid of ethics does not further human welfare, and life without morality reduces humans to the level of beasts."
"Open your arms to CHANGEbut don’t let go of your VALUES."
"The problem is that our world and our education remain focused exclusively on external, materialistic values. We are not concerned enough with inner values. Those who grow up with this kind of educati..."
"If you can cultivate the right attitude, your enemies are your best spiritual teachers because their presence provides you with the opportunity to enhance and develop tolerance, patience and understan..."
"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."
"When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace."
"Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness."
"Meanwhile, spring came, and with it the outpourings of Nature. The hills were soon splashed with wild flowers; the grass became an altogether new and richer shade of green; and the air became scented ..."