Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

Wealth is not necessarily a bad thing when it has been earned in an honest manner and neither other individuals nor the environment suffered for it.

The practice of love can be expressed in one sentence: 'Do not harm others.'

Buddha was speaking about reality. Reality may be one, in its deepest essence, but Buddha also stated that all propositions about reality are only contingent.

Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.