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

There are five billion human beings and in a certain way I think we need five billion different religions, because there is such a large variety of dispositions. I believe that each individual should embark upon a spiritual path that is best suited to his or her mental disposition, natural inclination, temperament, belief, family and cultural background.

Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.

The root of happiness is altruism - the wish to be of service to others.

Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself made this clear to his followers. He said you should not accept those things I taught out of respect for me, but rather through investigation by yourself.

The more we are concerned for the well being of others, the closer we will feel to each other.

I always have the feeling that I'm just another human being.