Nay, do not grieve the' life be full of sadness, Dawn will not veil her splendour for your grief, Nor spring deny their bright, appointed beauty To lotus blossoms and Ashoka leaf.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. 

Education pervades all forms of learning.

Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible.

 If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own. 

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

I became the Dalai Lama not on a voluntary basis.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time. 

Freedom is not given - it is taken