To defy the authority of empirical evidence is to disqualify oneself as someone worthy of critical engagement in a dialogue.

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

His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground

Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt.

The proper use of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart.

I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed.

You must not procrastinate. Rather, you should make preparations so that even if you did die tonight, you would have no regrets. If you develop an appreciation for the uncertainty and imminence of death, your sense of the importance of using your time wisely will get stronger and stronger.