The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance.

Too strong a media emphasis on death and violence can lead to despair.

In twenty years' time I'll be eighty-three, just an old man with a stick moving like a sloth bear. While I'm alive, I am fully committed to autonomy, and I am the person who can persuade the Tibetan people to accept it.

All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.

When ever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it is observed. The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him.

Scientists may study mainly matter but they cannot ignore the human mind, or consciousness: spiritual practitioners may be engaging mainly in developing the mind but they cannot completely ignore their physical needs. It is for this reason that I have always stressed the importance of combining both mental and the material approach to achieving happiness for humankind.

There is often a big disparity between the way in which we perceive things and the way things really are.