My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.

Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions. 

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. 

 Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better. 

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate. 

I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don't think they ever pay attention to modern science. Since my childhood, I have a keen interest.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.