My religion is kindness.

Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.

In my childhood, I had a religious assistant who always told me, if you can really laugh with full abandonment, it's very good for your health.

Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification in indulging is such acts of brutality.

If we make consistent effort, based on proper education, we can change the world.

Pain can change you, but that doesn't mean it has to be a bad change. Take that pain and turn it into wisdom.

Self-rule means that China must stop its intensive effort to colonize Tibet with Chinese settlers and must allow Tibetans to hold responsible positions in the government of Tibet.