It is better to travel well than to arrive.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

We should have but one desire today - the desire to die so that India may live - the desire to face a martyr’s death, so that the path to freedom may be paved with the martyr’s blood.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. 

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passed away.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank. 

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.