I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. 

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium. 

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backwards.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible. 

Books are indispensable. You can move from hard copies to soft copies. But that’s about it.

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

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

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

Truth is the greatest casualty of compromised media.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.