The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living

by Dalai Lama XIV

the cultivation of certain specific positive mental qualities such as patience, tolerance, kindness, and so on, can act as specific antidotes to negative states of mind such as anger, hatred, and attachment. Applying antidotes such as love and compassion can significantly reduce the degree or influence of the mental and emotional afflictions, but since they seek to eliminate only certain specific or individual afflictive emotions, in some sense they can be seen as only partial measures. These afflictive emotions, such as attachment and hatred, are ultimately rooted in ignorance – misconception of the true nature of reality.