“The beggars on the streets of Lhasa are all Tibetans not Han. It reflects the fact that Tibetans have not benefited by ‘progress’.”

“The Tibetan people have a sacred and bounded responsibility to themselves and to the world to protect, maintain and disseminate their unique spiritual tradition, moral norms and inner science.”

“A Tibetan satyagrahi (practitioner of Truth struggle) should oppose the crimes, atrocities and injustices against humanity in general, wherever they are committed.”

“The fundamental principles underlying the future economy of Tibet will be: non-violence, self-sufficiency, right livelihood and harmony with nature. An economy based on these principles may be called the Middle Path Economy.”