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

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.

Never, never, never give up. 

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Complacence among the masses may lead to subjugation bythe leaders.

How you respond to a given situation makes all the difference between success and failure.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

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

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.