Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

Democratic institutions are necessary and very important, and if I remained at the head of government, it could be an obstacle to democratic practice. Also, if I were to remain, then I would have to join one of the parties. If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.

It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.

We have to have some form of politics. Politics is a form of resolving conflicts. Politics which comes from sincere motivation is constructive.

It is my fundamental belief that all human beings share the same basic aspirations: that we all want hapiness and that we all share suffering. Asians, just like Americans, Europeans, and the rest of the world, share a desire to live life to its fullest, to better ourselves and the lives of our loved ones.

Without inner peace it is impossible to have world peace.