The training of the mind is an art. If this can be considered art, one's life is art.

If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That's why it's important for us to examine our motivation in our day to day life. If we cultivate respect for others and our motivation is sincere, if we develop a genuine concern for others’ well-being, then all our actions will be positive.

In today's highly interdependent world, individuals and nations can no longer resolve many of their problems by themselves. We need one another. It is our collective and individual responsibility to protect and nurture the global family, to support its weaker members, and to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.

Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.

China can keep her troops on the external frontiers of Tibet, and Tibetans will pledge to accept the appropriate form of union with China.

Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.