Dalai Lama Enemy Quotations

If the situation was such that there was only one learned lama or genuine practitioner alive, a person whose death would cause the whole of Tibet to lose all hope of keeping its Buddhist way of life, then it is conceivable that in order to protect that one person it might be justified for one or 10 enemies to be eliminated if there was no other way.

An enemy is indeed a precious teacher.

The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.

Anger, pride and competence are our real enemies.

Unlike an external enemy, the inner enemy cannot regroup and launch a comeback once it has been destroyed from within.

The practicing of loving kindness toward one's enemy is the ultimate test of one's own spiritual attainment.

Our enemies are our greatest teachers.

Your friend, your enemy, your neutral all are equal. Genuine compassion is unbiased.

My enemy is my greatest teacher.

Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up

The real enemy of happiness is the mind's fixations and delusions... If you have the right mind, you can overcome anything - you can be happy, no matter what.

Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time in our lives.

Everything is interconnected. My interest is linked to everyone else's. Our survival and future are linked. Therefore the destruction of your so-called enemy is actually the destruction of your self.

From a certain point of view our real enemy, the true troublemaker, is inside.

The enemy is a very good teacher.

We cannot learn real patience and tolerance from a guru or a friend. They can be practiced only when we come in contact with someone who creates unpleasant experiences. According to Shantideva, enemies are really good for us as we can learn a lot from them and build our inner strength.