Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.

Fear is a double-edged weapon: it can force you to do something or prevent you from doing something.

Some men say that they should be satisfied with the abolition of untouchability only, leaving the caste system alone. The aim of abolition of untouchability alone without trying to abolish the inequalities inherent in the caste system is a rather low aim.

I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

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

The upright stand alone and fight while the conspirators need a group to dislodge them.