As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.

Compassion and love is the source of external and internal peace and is also the root of racial survival.

If you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others' well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating effect.

Whether it is under the guise of survival and self-defence or directly expressed through dominion and greed, the failure to recognize the common humanity shared by us all lies at the heart of our difficulties. To overcome it, we should begin to develop, from the level of the individual through that of society to the world at large, what I call a sense of universal responsibility; a deep respect for every living being who lives on this one small planet and calls it home.

Friends, genuine friends, are attracted by a warm heart, not money, not power. A genuine friend considers you as just another human being, as a brother or sister, and shows affection on that level, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, or in a high position; that is a genuine friend.

The jealousy that arises from another's achievement is overcome by developing an awareness of and admiration for one's own and other's achievement.

The 20th century was the century of war and blood. The 21st century is the century of dialogue.