Reading Archive (Friendship)
Unattainable Goal of Peace
[Nobel Lecture, June 16, 2012] The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive...
Giving Somebody Your Heart
In every interaction you have with another human being—doesn’t matter who—you always have two main choices....
Beggarly, Friendly, And Kingly Giving
The greatest gift is the act of giving itself. Traditionally, three kinds of giving are spoken of. There is beggarly giving,...
The Dalai Lama: Why I Laugh
I have been confronted with many difficulties throughout the course of my life, and my country is going through a critical period. But I...
Loving Your Enemy
To love our enemies does not mean that we suddenly become their friends. If it is our enemies we are to love, they must remain enemies....
To Separate and Unify
The destruction or healing of the world hinges on which way this thought unfolds. Whether we pull things apart or put things together...
Pilgrimage to Nonviolence
First, it must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he...
Come Home to Love
Take a breath right now, and notice how abundant the air is, full of life-giving oxygen offered freely by trees and other green growing...
Individual and Social Ethics
Misers, whose absorption in means is pathological, are generally recognized to be unwise, but minor forms of the same malady are apt to...
That Friend Walking Behind Me
Imagine that for many years a friend had been walking a block behind me, calling my name, trying to get my attention because he wanted to...
Recognizing the Real Fear
In the sphere of human relations, faith is an indispensable quality of any significant friendship or love. “Having faith” in...
Kindness, Plain and Simple
I believe in kindness. But it's hard to be kind. We're not trained for it. Kindness is for sissies; we learn that early. "Nice guys...
Do You Still Have Hope?
If you can look at the sunset and smile, then you still have hope... If you can find beauty in the colors of a small flower, then...
Effortless Action
What is effort? Is it when we try to do something or is it when we have to fight with ourselves? If there were no internal...