“I always tell people that religious institutions and political institu...” — Dalai Lama Quote

I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!

Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.

It is difficult to achieve a spirit of genuine cooperation as long as people remain indifferent to the feelings and happiness of others.

I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.

I mean, something has to give. You can have it all at work, you can have it all at home, but you can't have it all completely combined.

At university I became really interested in the history of cinema. It combined true life and all the arts that I loved. That prompted me to go back and find the great masterpieces of cinema. Cinema also has its own archaeological history.

Being able to build with my kids using my own Lego pieces that I've had for over 30 years combined with their new sets, that's really special. I can't think of anything else that was part of my childhood and now part of my parenthood.