In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say "I'm sorry. Please forgive me."

To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates.

Climate change: Never before in history have human beings been called on to act collectively in defence of the Earth

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

I can't control what happens to me, but I can control how I respond to it.

One of the things that people sense is that you are not doing this for self-glorification, you are doing it for the sake of others. The Dalai Lama has been in exile for so many years, yet the Chinese are running scared of him.

Jesus could weep. Sometimes when you look at the ugliness that makes you weep, you know that the heart of God is also weeping. Jesus is for real. He does not give up on anyone, least of all on me.