Tricycle's Daily Dharma: August 19,
Proof of Love
We humans have existed in our
present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if
during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger
and hatred, our overall population would have decreased. But today,
despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than
ever. This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate
in the world. And this is why unpleasant events are "news";
compassionate activities are so much a part of daily life that they are
taken for granted and, therefore, largely ignored.
--His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in Compassion and the Individual
from Everyday Mind, edited by Jean Smith, a Tricycle
book
