Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

I became the Dalai Lama not on a voluntary basis.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Tell the children the truth.

My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human values, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. 

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.