A Force for Good

human beings, equipped with marvelous intelligence and the potential for developing a warm heart, each and every one of us can become a force for good.

He models for us person-to-person caring based on an understanding of the essential sameness of people at a level beneath the surface differences of ethnicity or nationality, religion, gender, and the like. These are secondary differences; underneath, we are simply human beings, the Dalai Lama says.
Our sense of self-i

I’ve seen this time and again: The Dalai Lama treats everyone equally, as he puts it, “whether high officials or beggars—no differences, no distinctions.”