No material object, however beautiful or valuable, can make us feel loved, because our deeper identity and true character lie in the subjective nature of the mind.

We can't be useful to ourselves unless we're useful to others .... Anyone concerned only by his own well-being will suffer eventually. Anyone concerned with the well-being of others takes care of himself without even thinking about it. Even if we decide to remain selfish. let us be intelligently selfish - let us help others.

Once your mind is calm and full of love, there is no room for hatred or fear. Others will trust you because of your open heart.

I think technology really increased human ability, but technology cannot produce compassion.

Limitless like the ocean are your excellent qualities.

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

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.