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It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.

— Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama Ocean of Wisdom: Guidelines for Living (1989)

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Unsourced variant: In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

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