What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

I became the Dalai Lama not on a voluntary basis.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.

Perceptions are often misplaced.

The kindness in our nature or behaviour can become the reason for our own defeat. So, with full rage in our eyes, we have to fight for the injustice which is happening to us.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive. 

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. 

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defined society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.