Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.

I believe in the story [ of Adam and Eve]. For me, it's a story.

We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.

Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.

One thing is that [Tibetans] should not give up hope. That's - even [if] it lasts a century. My discussions with the Dalai Lama always were about that.

There are real people behind the [Bible] stories.

The sky is so close to the sea that it is difficult to tell which is reflected in the other, which one needs the other, which one is dominating the other.