My message is always the same: to cultivate and practice love, kindness, compassion and tolerance.

Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.

We had a rule in Tibet that anyone proposing a new invention had to guarentee that it was beneficial, or at least harmless, for seven generations of humans before it could be adopted.

We have to make a sustained effort, again and again, to cultivate the positive aspects within us.

The way of presentation is different according to each religion. In theistic religions like Buddhism, Buddhist values are incorporated. In nontheistic religions, like some types of ancient Indian thought, the law of karma applies. If you do something good, you get a good result. Now, what we need is a way to educate nonbelievers. These nonbelievers may be critical of all religions, but they should be decent at heart.