Information is not knowledge. 

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Don’t get carried away by others’ opinions, they may be mischievous or motivated.

If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

As long as I have life, as long as blood flows through the arms of mine, I shall not leave the cause of freedom.

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility. 

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms.

Abundance may be the root cause of wastage.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.