Hatred, jealousy and excessive attachment cause suffering and agitation. I feel compassion can help us overcome these disturbances and let us return to a calm state of mind. Compassion is not just being kind to your friend. That involves attachment because it is based on expectation. Compassion is when you do something good without any expectations - based on realizing that "the other person is also just like me".

Look at South Africa, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. They still have many problems, setbacks as well as breakthroughs, but basically changes have happened that were considered unthinkable a decade ago.

What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

The development of a kind heart, or feeling of closeness for all human beings, does not involve any of the kind of religiosity we normally associate with it...It is for everyone, irrespective of race, religion or any political affiliation.

For Tibetans, the real strength of our struggle is truth - not size, money, or expertise.

To foster inner awareness, introspection, and reasoning is more efficient than meditation and prayer.

The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.