Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.""Laughter is good for thinking because when people laugh, it is easier for them to admit new ideas to their minds.

China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.

There is...a tendency to think of the spiritual life as primarily introspective, divorced from the concerns of everyday life....Faith that does not translate into actions is no faith at all.

The Dalai Lama should not be partisan either, should remain above.

The 20th century was the century of war and blood. The 21st century is the century of dialogue.

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

It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.