True compassion is universal in scope. It is accompanied by a feeling of responsibility.

Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly.

Material development alone does not yield genuine inner peace.

Inner darkness, which we call ignorance, is the root of suffering. The more inner light that comes, the more darkness will diminish. This is the only way to achieve salvation or nirvana.

It is my dream that the entire Tibetan plateau should become a free refuge where humanity and nature can live in peace and in harmonious balance. It would be a place where people from all over the world could come to seek the true meaning of peace within themselves, away from the tensions and pressures of much of the rest of the world

Artists have the responsibility to serve humanity give people hope.

Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed. Deep down there is no difference.