We must not lose our trust in the power of truth. Everything is always changing in the world.

I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness.

Overcoming negative tendencies and enhancing positive potential are the very essence of the spiritual path.

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend

I have found a much greater appreciation of Buddhism because I couldn't take it for granted here in exile.

I only escaped from Tibet because I feared my people would resort to desperate violence if the Chinese took me as their prisoner.

In today's highly interdependent world, individuals and nations can no longer resolve many of their problems by themselves. We need one another. It is our collective and individual responsibility to protect and nurture the global family, to support its weaker members, and to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.