I don't want to be a prisoner in a palace, living in such a constricted way - too tight!

To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else.

If you utilize obstacles properly, then they strengthen your courage, and they also give you more intelligence, more wisdom.

I am just one human being.

True compassion is universal in scope. It is accompanied by a feeling of responsibility.

When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves or some immediate convenience. When we are able to recognize and forgive ignorant actions of the past, we gain strength to constructively solve the problems of the present.

Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die young. They are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence.