I was never without a book in my hand.

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.

After my father's death, nothing could touch me any more.

In my little town, Sighet, which is in Romania, Hungary-Romania, but a real shtetl, a little [Jewish] village - and we began with the Chumash [Pentateuch], probably at age four.

[Tibet] is a small country based on religious principle, religious traditions. It never wanted any conquest.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

In the word question, there is a beautiful word - quest. I love that word.