Compassion and love give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive.

We must openly accept all ideologies and systems as a means of solving humanity's problems. One country, one nation, one ideology, one system is not sufficient.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.

Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.

Despite all philosophical differences, all major world religions have the same potential to create good human beings.

I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend [with dignity, with honor].