Smile if you want a smile from another face.

For Tibetans, the real strength of our struggle is truth - not size, money, or expertise.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

Those who like myself, consider themselves to be followers of Buddha, should practice as much as we can. To followers of other religious traditions, I would like to say, 'Please practice your own religion seriously and sincerely.' And to non-believers, I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness.

Whether we like it or not, we have all been born into this world as part of one great human family. Rich or poor, educated or uneducated, belonging to one nation or another, to one religion or another, adhering to this ideology or that, ultimately each of is just a human being like everyone else. We all desire happiness and do not want suffering.

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

The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness.