Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?

Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

Integrity is the premium of your character.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your response later on.

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese people is very essential.

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.