In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

Love is a better teacher than duty. 

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.  

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

A country’s greatness lies in its undying ideals of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race.

Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your response later on.

God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.

There is nothing called a dead-end. The option of U-turn is always open.