I love short trips to New York; to me it is the finest three-day town on earth.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new. 

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.

After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

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

I became the Dalai Lama not on a voluntary basis.