No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

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

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prisms, are all very good words for the lips.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

Some appointments end up in disappointment.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.