By developing a sense of concern for others' well-being, then no matter what others' attitudes are, you can keep inner peace.

If each of us can learn to relate to each other more out of compassion, with a sense of connection to each other and a deep recognition of our common humanity, and more important, to teach this to our children, I believe that this can go a long way in reducing many of the conflicts and problems that we see today.

In twenty years' time I'll be eighty-three, just an old man with a stick moving like a sloth bear. While I'm alive, I am fully committed to autonomy, and I am the person who can persuade the Tibetan people to accept it.

One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless human asset and one you don't have to pay income tax on!

We can wake ourselves up, discover in ourselves an energy that was hidden there, and act with more clarity, more force.

If there's good, strong evidence from science that such and such is the case and this is contrary to Buddhism, then we will change.

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