If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.

A healthy body is an ideal home for a healthy mind.

एक विमान जमीन पर हमेशा सुरक्षित रहता है लेकिन यह इसके लिए नहीं बनाया जाता है। महान ऊंचाई प्राप्त करने के लिए हमेशा जीवन में कुछ सार्थक जोखिम लेना होगा।

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

We're going to be able to ask our computers to monitor things for us, and when certain conditions happen, are triggered, the computers will take certain actions and inform us after the fact.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. 

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. 

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.