Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

The contemporary media is guilty of shortchanging the real meaning of news.

 Lies die a natural death but truth chases us forever.

I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience. 

I became the Dalai Lama not on a voluntary basis.

You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure. 

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.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.

life loses half its interest if there is no struggle, if there are no risk to be taken.