Patience

(photo taken by Michael Levin in the Hawthorne District of Portland, OR)

The Dalai Lama shows no anger toward the Chinese, even though the policy of the Chinese government for years has been to practice genocide toward Tibetans, culturicide toward their institutions, beliefs, everything they hold dear, and geocode toward the very land they live on. When asked about his apparent lack of anger toward the Chinese by an incredulous reporter at the time he win the Nobel prize, the Dalai Lama replied something to the effect that: "They have taken everything from us; should I let them take my mind as well?" 

From "Wherever you go, there you are" by Jon Kabat-Zinn