When our center is strong, everything else is secondary.

First we must understand that there can be no life without risk - and when our center is strong, everything else is secondary, even the risks.

If enough people are sensitive to the tragedy of Tibet, I think it will produce a change politically as well. But furthermore, it's important for the people in Tibet. Now communication is such [that] people know what is happening. Even Tibetan people would know that the Interfaith or the international group of religious people - that everybody who is religious is taking up their cause. It would help them a lot if we give them courage, and that in itself is enough.

I am not so naïve as to believe that this slim volume will change the course of history or shake the conscience of the world. Books no longer have the power they once did. Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow.

I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.

For me, every hour is grace.