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

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.

If any person raises his hand to strike down another on the ground of religion, I shall fight him till the last breath of my life, both as the head of the government and from the outside

I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. 

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. 

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.