I also very much like this quote. This is Reata Strickland, as far as I can tell. I remember seeing it on /r/trees as a Dalai Lama quote, but wikiquote [1] says

I also very much like this quote. This is Reata Strickland, as far as I can tell. I remember seeing it on /r/trees as a Dalai Lama quote, but wikiquote [1] says otherwise. Reata's website [2] seems to be the closest source. [1] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama#.22What_surprises_you_most_about_humanity.3F.22 http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama#... [2] http://www.reata.org/interview2.html http://www.reata.org/interview2.html