It's not enough to be compassionate. You must act.

We cannot overcome anger and hatred simply by suppressing them. We need to actively cultivate the antidotes: patience and tolerance.

We forget that despite the superficial differences between us, people are equal in their basic wish for peace and happiness.

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

Forming a new world religion is difficult and not particularly desirable. However, in that love is essential to all religions, one could speak of the universal religion of love.

Good human qualities-honesty, sincerity, a good heart-cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced my machines, but only by the mind itself. We can call this the inner light, or God's blessing, or human qualitity. This is the essence of mankind.

All sentient beings have the seed of the Buddha within them.