I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.

There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference.

The knowledge that I have acquired must not remain imprisoned in my brain. I owe it to many men and women to do something with it. I feel the need to pay back what was given to me. Call it gratitude.

It's not hatred that kills people, it's indifference

The whole community must be saved [in Tibet].