I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don't think they ever pay attention to modern science. Since my childhood, I have a keen interest.

We make war that we may live in peace.

I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.

Life is not just about winning and success. It has a lot to do with learning from mistakes.

एक विमान जमीन पर हमेशा सुरक्षित रहता है लेकिन यह इसके लिए नहीं बनाया जाता है। महान ऊंचाई प्राप्त करने के लिए हमेशा जीवन में कुछ सार्थक जोखिम लेना होगा।

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

The foundation of nation building rests on education.

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.

We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation.

Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.