If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world.

14th Dalai Lama

from the book My Tibet, Text by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dali Lama of Tibet

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