I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.

Meditation may also be thought of as a technique by which we diminish the force of old thought habits and develop new ones.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time in our lives.

It is... very helpful to think of adversity not so much as a threat to our peace of mind but rather as the very means by which patience is attained.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

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