Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. 

Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.

One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists.

Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enrich your soul.

The reins of the world are slipping into the hands of delinquents.

When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn't matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.

My life is my message.