“Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
As quoted in Words Of Wisdom: Selected Quotes by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2001) edited by Margaret Gee, p. 71.
“Sometimes true tolerance requires an extraordinary strength, which we are often too weak to exercise.”
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Italian scholar, essayist and poet 1941Related quotes
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