The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

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.

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.

I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.

The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.