Coexistence - site 02

If the basic human nature was aggressive, we would be born with animal claws and huge teeth - but ours are very short, very pretty, very weak! That means we are not well equipped to be aggressive beings. Even the size of our mouth is very small. So I think the basic nature of human beings should be gentle.

His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama

The broadminded only see the goodness in people and in things; the narrowminded only the evil.

Chinese parable

The play is enlived by the presence of trouble-makers. They are necessary to lend zest to the play - there is no fun without them.

Ramakrishna

Sometimes we think that when we are excited and angry we exhibit strenght. It is the weak person who yields to these lower emotions

Paramananda

The best response you can give to anger is silence.

Shantidasa

Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop

Mohandas Ghandi

When your heart becomes pure, necessarily your enemy must become your friend.

Papa Ramdas

Evil can never survive, though for a time it may seem to triumph. It is only a question of our endurance and patience.

Paramananda

Your enemy is your greatest teacher.

Buddhist saying

The best thing to give your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to your father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.

Sivananda

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama

Love gives for the joy of giving, attachement gives for the return that may come.

Paramananda

Try to radiate your love equally to all people instead of just a few. Try to feel that the whole world is your Self, your God. Try to see the Self in all people. Spread your love in all directions as an act of worship and surrender, because everything in the world is a manifestation of God.

Annamalai Swami

May all beings be happy, be healthy, live in safety, be free.

Wish prayer

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

Chuang Tse