If the United States marches into Iraq without the backing of the United Nations, that will be done entirely without the backing of the American people.

I would say that the West is very young, it's very corrupt. We're not very wise. And I think we're hopeful that there is a place that is ancient and wise and open and filled with light.

In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.

When you get up in the morning, set your motivations.

Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.

There is a way of looking at an awful place from a certain angle that allows it to take on a beauty because it is what it is.

Well I think on a simple ecological level that the diversity of this planet is important for our survival, that all of our different cultures, people are important to the health of the whole the same way that a species of animal should be saved and at a simple ecology level.