My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.

Zebra crossings offer safe passage to pedestrians in cities but there is no such thing for zebras in the African jungles!

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

 No comment is also a comment.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

I'm a storyteller; that's what exploration really is all about. Going to places where others have not been and returning to tell a story they haven't heard before.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

Only death can liberate us from the fear of death.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

 Don't find fault, find a remedy. 

My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese people is very essential.