"Why we are putting every effort into, and paying attention to, material development?"

HH the 14th Dalai Lama
in Washington, DC, July 2, 2000

"We must not neglect our inner values. If we become slaves of money, we can't be happy people. And if we expect all our problems to be solved through external means, that's a mistake. That's unfortunate. It's impossible.

"So therefore, while we are enjoying or making efforts to further develop material facilities through science and technology, it is very essential, very useful, to think, occasionally, inward."