CITATIONS ET PROVERBES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Le chef spirituel tibétain a soufflé dimanche 5 juillet ses 80 bougies. Invité à un « sommet mondial de la compassion » qui se déroule jusqu’à mardi en Californie, la vie et les œuvres du  dalaï Lama seront ainsi célébrées, pendant 3 jours de festivités.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 * L’occasion de revenir sur les meilleures citations de ce prix Nobel de la paix de 1989 :

-« Sème un acte, tu récolteras une habitude ; sème une habitude, tu récolteras un caractère ; sème un caractère, tu récolteras une destinée. »

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                -« Il n’y a personne qui soit né sous une mauvaise étoile, il n’y a que des gens qui ne savent pas lire le ciel. »

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            -« Il n’importe pas qu’un être soit croyant ou non : il est plus important qu’il soit bon. »

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               -« Nul besoin de temples, nul besoin de philosophies compliquées. Notre cerveau et notre cœur sont nos temples. »

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   -« Si vous avez l’impression d’être trop petit pour pouvoir changer quelque chose, essayez donc de dormir avec un moustique et vous verrez lequel des deux empêche l’autre de dormir. »

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       -« Il y a deux jours dans une année où l’on ne peut rien faire. Ils s’appellent hier et demain. Pour le moment, aujourd’hui est le jour idéal pour aimer, croire, faire et principalement vivre »

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         -« Malgré notre besoin vital de confiance en nous, il est important de savoir distinguer l’arrogance de la fierté légitime. »

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               -« Si vous le pouvez, mettez-vous au service des autres. Sinon, abstenez- vous de leur faire du mal. »

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   -« Si cette situation ou ce problème sont tels que je ne puis y remédier, alors cela ne sert à rien de s’en soucier. »

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         -« Ne laissez pas une petite dispute briser une grande amitié. »