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

Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations,you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation.

Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.

We have global communication and yet confrontation is more common than dialogue.

It is important to have determination and optimism and patience. If you lack patience, even when you face some small obstacle, you lose courage. There is a Tibetan saying, "Even if you have failed at something nine times, you have still given it effort nine times." I think that's important. Use your brain to analyze the situation. Do not rush through it, but think. Once you decide what to do about that obstacle, then there's a possibility that you will achieve your goal.

Do something that scares you every day. You have nothing to lose but fear itself.

Every man has the basis of good. Not only human beings, you can find it among animals and insects, for instance, when we treat a dog or horse lovingly.