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

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

The nations that in fettered darkness we. Crave thee to lead them where great morning break.

I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

We found ourselves in a soup, when the waiter spilled the soup we ordered, on us!

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.

I always say that people should not rush to change religion. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.

America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.