We are working as hard as we can; we are preparing ourselves as carefully as we can; we fully intend to make our contribution to the world in the coming century.

True change is within; leave the outside as it is.

My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.

All sentient beings have the seed of the Buddha within them.

From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

If we can manage to refrain from harming others in our everyday actions and words, we can start to give more serious attention to actively doing good, and this can be a source of great joy and inner confidence. We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.

Im a Tibetan monk, not a vegetarian.