People become the stories they hear and the stories they tell.

I personally have no doubt that the Exodus occurred. How it occurred, I don't know.

Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside.

Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.

I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth.

From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.

I would say to [Chinese government], You don't need Tibet really. You don't need all the problems Tibet creates for you. It's so small, so far away. Give them their religious freedom and I know that they wouldn't misuse it.