All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

And no, we don't know where it will lead. You just know there's something much bigger than any of us here.

I believe in religion that teaches freedom, equality and brotherhood

Landslides, cloudbursts, and what not—the hill folks have to contend with more than their share of woes.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.

The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.