My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

Spirituality actually must be above politics. Or some other sort of business.

Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-al ready-are.

For Tibetans, the real strength of our struggle is truth - not size, money, or expertise.

Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

To combat hatred directed toward a person, a Buddhist cultivates loving kindness toward that person.

The problem isn't materialism as such. Rather it is the underlying assumption that full satisfaction can arise from gratifying the senses alone. Unlike animals whose quest for happiness is restricted to survival and to the immediate gratification of sensory desires, we human beings have the capacity to experience happiness at a deeper level which, when achieved, can overwhelm unhappy experiences.