With genuine love and compassion, another person's appearance or behavior has no affect on your attitude.

I have found a much greater appreciation of Buddhism because I couldn't take it for granted here in exile.

In some respects I have been the most unlucky because I have spent more time living as a refugee outside my country than I have spent in Tibet. On the other hand, it has been very rewarding for me to live in a democracy and to learn about the world in a way that we Tibetans had never known before.

Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of compassion will bring happiness of peace of mind to oneself and automatically create a positive atmosphere.

Fear, hatred, and suspicion narrow your mind - compassion opens it.

The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance.

Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.