Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. 

Each one prays to God according to his own light.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Thre is aen ond rderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything aevery being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

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

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

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.