Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

Emphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper.

Except that a human being is both the public and the private. We are both, private and public in the same person.

The whole community must be saved [in Tibet].

My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn't divorce God, but I'm quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it's a wounded faith.

We've sort of agreed that the account of Adam and Eve is a story.

Because I survived, I must do everything possible to help others.