Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt.

The greater the force of your compassion, the greeater your resilience in confronting hardships.

Good human qualities-honesty, sincerity, a good heart-cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced my machines, but only by the mind itself. We can call this the inner light, or God's blessing, or human qualitity. This is the essence of mankind.

When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.

Im a Tibetan monk, not a vegetarian.

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, if you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

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