I never compared Nazis into communism, but communism was the same thing, the end justifies the means. Whatever the means.

When I have my manuscript finished, more or less, I type it myself, with two fingers. I type fast with two fingers. And then when it's ready, I reread, recorrect, and retype it. Everything is my own work. I do not give it to secretaries or to typists.

[Tibet] never sought any territory. All it wanted is the conquest of the soul, that people should attain a kind of inner sovereignty, inner independence, inner freedom. And inner strength to attain the absolute.

In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.

And action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all.

Tibet's a tragedy. It's an insult to human decency.

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.