Learning is the first step in making positive changes within yourself. Other factors are conviction, determination, action & effort. Learning & education help develop conviction about the need to change & increase your commitment. Conviction then develops into determination. Next, strong determination leads to action: a sustained effort to implement the changes. This final factor of effort is critical.

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

We share the earth not only with our fellow human beings, but with all the other creatures.

Ultimately, the decision to save the environment must come from the human heart. The key point is a call for a genuine sense of universal responsibility that is based on love, compassion and clear awareness.

I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes. After all, man can live without meat.

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

Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance