「人性，最令你驚訝的是什麼？」

有人問達賴喇嘛，有關人性，最令你驚訝的是什麼？

達賴喇嘛答道：「人，為了賺錢，他犧牲健康。然後為了恢復健康，他犧牲金錢。還有，他對未來充滿焦慮，因而無法享受現在。結果他既不是活在當下，也不是活在未來。他活得像是自己永遠不會死，然後不曾真正活過就死了。」

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered, "Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."