It is a wonderful thing if one can use one's place of work as a place of spiritual practice as well.

When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.

More often than not, anger is actually an indication of weakness rather than of strength.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

Tibetans must take full authority and responsibility for developing industry, looking from all different perspectives, taking care of the environment, conserving resources for long-term economic health, and safeguarding the interests of Tibetan workers, nomads, and farmers.

One of the basic points is kindness. With kindness, with love and compassion, with his feeling that is the essence of brotherhood, sisterhood, one will have inner peace. This compassionate feeling is the basis of inner peace.

Religious belief is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness.