"Do not take life, the same life force pervades all. The sin of such actions will not leave you, even if you were to listen to millions of scriptures. Again: Just as you know pain within your self, realize other living beings feel pain the same way."
"May the pain of every living creature Be completely cleared away. May I be the doctor and the medicine And may I be the nurse For all sick beings in the world Until everyone is healed."
"Judgment is ugly -- it hurts people. On the one hand you go on hurting them, wounding them, and on the other hand you want their love, their respect. It is impossible. Love them, respect them, and perhaps your love and respect may help them to change many of their...
"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."
"There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster."
"Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible."
"Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering."
"Beauty is complete order. But most of us have not that sense of beauty in our lives. We may be great artists, great painters, expert in various things, but in our own daily life, with all the anxieties and miseries, we live, unfortunately, a very disordered life. It...