"My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium." ― Dalai Lama Topic(s): Faith More From Dalai Lama "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." "In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher." "The purpose of our lives is to be happy." More In Faith "And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn’t think so."― Norman MacCaig "I think it’s a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu did that in South Africa. Martin Luther King Jr. did that here. This is a good thing."― Jim Wallis "I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I’ve done it all and there’s a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again."― Cat Stevens