World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

We have always been a nation different from the Chinese. Long ago we fought wars with them.

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.

Ketika kita masih kecil dan setelah kita lanjut usia, kita sangat tergantung kepada orang-orang lain. Di antara masa itu, kita merasa bisa melakukan segala sesuatu tanpa bantuan orang lain, sehingga menganggap perhatian sesama tidak penting. Padahal dalam tahap ini perlu sekali bagi kita untuk memelihara cinta kasih yang mendalam antar sesama manusia.

An eye for an eye....we are all blind

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

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