Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

My future is righteousness.

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

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. 

People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive. 

Change in all things is sweet.

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.