Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.

The deeper the nostalgia and the more complete the fear, the purer, the richer the word and the secret.

I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.

The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.

The whole community must be saved [in Tibet].

As for the discipline, we [me and Frank Moore Cross] belong to two different disciplines. One involves research and archaeological materials. Mine is more interpretive. But it is the love for the text that is there, and that is what makes the whole adventure of reading and studying and sharing worthwhile.

Man, by definition, is born a stranger: coming from nowhere, he is thrust into an alien world which existed before him-a world which didn't need him. And which will survive him.