I say to myself, if the text was good enough for my father and grandfather, it must be good enough for me. I admit, that is a rather personal way of approaching the text - or a prayer.

When adults wage war, children perish.

Go over to Greece with the Iliad and Odyssey. These have elements of history, and they have non-historical elements. It's very difficult to pull them apart. And I think there's not much reason to.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

He explained to me with great insistence that every question posessed a power that did not lie in the answer.

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

Tibet, why is it occupied? For political reasons maybe they have a reason. I don't know. But religiously, why? The fact that the religious community is being oppressed and persecuted is something that every single person in the world who has any religious faith and religious feeling for - for people who have faith should speak up.