In some cases is keeping your mouth shut the best answer.

Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. He was only partly right: power that comes from the barrel of a gun can be effective only for a short time. In the end, peoples love for truth, justice, freedom, and democracy will triumph. No matter what governments do, the human spirit will always prevail.

When I meet people from other cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering, this allows me to see them as brothers and sisters.

Even without a religion, we can become a good human being.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

To me there is no difference whether president, beggar, or king.