I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don’t think they ever pay attention to...

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that’s totally nonsense.

I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

At the beginning when the child is coming, people worry the child may be deformed. When a healthy boy or child comes, people are very happy for a short moment.

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.

It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.

Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something’s wrong. He’s not right in the brain.