Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom.

I have three commitments. Number one commitment is promotion of human value. Number two commitment is promotion of race harmony. Number three commitment is about Tibet. My retirement is the third commitment. The previous two commitments, to my death, I have committed.

...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

There is...a tendency to think of the spiritual life as primarily introspective, divorced from the concerns of everyday life....Faith that does not translate into actions is no faith at all.

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

The person who received maximum affection from mother, that person also sort of cultivated the potential showing affection to others.

Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.