It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

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

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position tells, your ego go with it.

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

Many of life's failures are people who don't realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.