Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

Beware of rumours. They are more viral than anything that the internet is capable of spreading in this world.

I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.

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

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.