Human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

War is out of date, obsolete.

It is important to have determination and optimism and patience. If you lack patience, even when you face some small obstacle, you lose courage. There is a Tibetan saying, "Even if you have failed at something nine times, you have still given it effort nine times." I think that's important. Use your brain to analyze the situation. Do not rush through it, but think. Once you decide what to do about that obstacle, then there's a possibility that you will achieve your goal.

I find that because of modern technological evolution and our global economy, and as a result of the great increase in population, our world has greatly changed: it has become much smaller. However, our perceptions have not evolved at the same pace; we continue to cling to old national demarcations and the old feelings of 'us' and 'them'.

I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process.

If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.