Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures.

I one individual human being. One of the seven billion human being. I believe each of us, our future depends on the rest of humanity.

The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticise others.

Responsibility - moral responsibilities, responsibilities regarding society - these are things that come from the heart.

Scientists are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and friends. Peace and warm-heartednes s can then spread through the community just as ripples radiate out across the water when you drop a pebble into a pond