Glory and reflected glory are best manifested between the Sun and the Moon.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

If you are overconfident, you may learn things the hard way.

One needs a Seer’s Vision and an angel’s voice to be of any avail. I do not know of any Indian man or woman today who has those gifts in their most complete measure.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

The soul never thinks without a picture.

As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there is no use.