Our enemies are our greatest teachers.

There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.

If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

As soon as I wake up I pay homage to the Buddha, and I try to prepare my mind to be more altruistic, more compassionate, during the day to come so I can be of benefit to beings. Then I do physical exersice - I walk on a treadmill.

The proper way to create friends is to have a warm heart, not simply money or power. The friend of power and the friend of money are something different.

I always try to share with others the idea that in order to become compassionate it is not necessary to become religious.