The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don't think they ever pay attention to modern science. Since my childhood, I have a keen interest.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

World belongs to humanity, not the leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity. 

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

In a consecrated calm, forgotten yet. Of the keen heart that hastens to forget old longings in fulfilling new desires.

Every time she said some thing is cooking, I thought she was in the kitchen.

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.