Buddha himself taught different teachings to different people under different circumstances. For some people, there are beliefs based on a Creator. For others, no Creator. The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.

If the situation was such that there was only one learned lama or genuine practitioner alive, a person whose death would cause the whole of Tibet to lose all hope of keeping its Buddhist way of life, then it is conceivable that in order to protect that one person it might be justified for one or 10 enemies to be eliminated if there was no other way.

God exists or God does not exist. Leave it for us. Your task is to learn how to live peacefully.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.

We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.

If you utilize obstacles properly, then they strengthen your courage, and they also give you more intelligence, more wisdom.