I think China's view of freedom has to do with material wealth and modernity, and the Dalai's Lama view of freedom is liberation in the Buddhist sense, which is freedom from ignorance and freedom from suffering.

Travel is an act of humility

Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.

That's the great advantage of being a foreigner: you're not paying your dues, but you are getting all the benefits.

With the war in Iraq, he [Dalai Lama] feels that the causes of that lie maybe hundreds of years ago, and he says, "What we do now may have consequences far into the future that we will never see."

The Dalai Lama says don't pray for peace, don't wait for peace, don't talk about peace - do it right now.

Home is not just the place where you happen to be born. Its the place where you become yourself.