I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.

I've been here before and will come again, but I'm not going this trip through.

The secret of political bargaining is to look more strong than what you really are.

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.  

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil toh shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.