Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.

You have to not listen to the nay sayers because there will be many and often they'll be much more qualified than you and cause you to sort of doubt yourself.

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Education is the best provision for old age.

he attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

Religion and slavery are incompatible.

I'm sorry, it's true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We're born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It's been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much - if at all.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.

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.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.