Only fanatics — in religion as well as in politics — can find a meaning in someone else’s death.

I spent most of my time talking to God more than to people.

A word is worth a thousand pictures.

did everything I could in my life to be immune to hatred, because hatred is a cancer.

I believe in God--in spite of God! I believe in Mankind--in spite of Mankind! I believe in the Future--in spite of the Past!

The Tibetan religion has a past. And furthermore it has such an appeal. There again young people today are drawn to Buddhism and to Tibet. It's not only because of the Dalai Lama. It's because of what Tibet represents. There is a vast reservoir of knowledge, of mystical knowledge, which can be found in Tibet.The Chinese shouldn't be afraid of that really. They have other means of survival.

How can a human being be illegal?