Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table.

Many people and companies only have one goal: money, money, and more money. Greed is ok when you let others profit from it, but greed for oneself is bad, it makes you ill.

A female Dalai Lama must be very attractive, otherwise not much use.

Just as you have the instinctive natural desire to be happy and overcome suffering, so do all sentient beings; just as you have the right to fulfill this innate aspiration, so do all sentient beings. So on what exact grounds do you discriminate?

Our visit to this planet is short, so we should use our time meaningfully, which we can do by helping others wherever possible. And if we cannot help others, at least we should try not to create pain and suffering for them.

Appreciate how rare and full of potential your situation is in this world, then take joy in it, and use it to your best advantage.

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.