Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.  

World belongs to humanity, not the leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity. 

Hope is a waking dream.

The Touchables, whether they are vegetarians or flesh-eaters, are united in their objection to eat cow's flesh. As against them stand the Untouchables, who eat cow's flesh without compunction and as a matter of course and habit.

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.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

We welcome the scrutiny of the world - because what you see in America is a country that has steadily worked to address our problems and make our union more perfect.