Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.

I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.

True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized.

According to Buddhist psychology most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent.

A zero itself is nothing, but without a zero you cannot count anything; therefore, a zero is something, yet zero.

People think of animals as if they were vegetables, and that is not right. We have to change the way people think about animals. I encourage the Tibetan people and all people to move toward a vegetarian diet that doesn’t cause suffering.

ONE MUST BE COMPASSIONATE TO ONE'S SELF BEFORE EXTERNAL COMPASSION.