There is no substitute for merit.

You know, in the film making business no one ever gave you anything.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

A war based on Satyagraha is always of two kinds. One is the war we wage against injustice, and the other we fight our own weaknesses.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead. 

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practice perfection, we revise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

Tell Churchill to save England first before saving India.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

Things don't have to change the world to be important.

God showers blessings on believers and atheists alike.

My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese people is very essential.