Dalai Lama Quotes About Tragedy

• When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

  Dalai Lama

  Fear, Real, Fall

  Interview with Robert Thurman, www.motherjones.com. November 1997.

• 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.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

• In olden times when there was a war, it was a human-to-human confrontation. The victor in battle would directly see the blood and suffering of the defeated enemy. Nowadays, it is much more terrifying because a person in an office can push a button and kill millions of people and never see the human tragedy that he or she has created. The mechanization of war, the mechanization of human conflict, poses an increasing threat to peace.

  Dalai Lama

  War, Blood, Office

  "Pathways to Peace: Interreligious Readings and Reflections". Book by A. Jean Lesher, p. 111, 2005.

• If we lose our hope, that's our real disaster!

  Dalai Lama

  Strength, Real, Painful Experiences

• We all have the potential to show others love and affection, but as we progress in our materialistic world, these values tend to remain dormant. We can develop them on the basis of common sense, common experience and scientific findings. The response to the recent tragedy in the Philippines is an example of how such values are awakened; people helped simply because others are suffering and in need of support.

  Dalai Lama

  Common Sense, People, Support

• Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.

  Dalai Lama

  Strength, Painful Experiences, Tragedy

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