there is not much focus on inner values […]
instead of inner values, we become self-centered—always thinking: I, I, I.
A self-centered attitude brings a sense of insecurity and fear.
Distrust.
Too much fear brings frustration.
Too much frustration brings anger.
So that’s the psychology, the system of mind, of emotion, which creates a chain reaction.
With a self-centered attitude, you become distanced from others, then distrust, then feel insecure, then fear, then anxiety, then frustration, then anger, then violence.
— Dalai Lama in The Book of Joy, Avery, Ch. Lunch: The Meeting of Two Mischievous People, p. 77, 2016