"I consider myself as a free spokesman..." - Quote by Dalai Lama

“It seems to me that self confidence and the ability to stand one's ground are essential if we want to succeed in life. I am not talking of stupid self-assurance but of an awareness of our inner potential, a certainty that we can always correct our behavior, improve ourselves, enrich ourselves, and that things are never hopeless”

“The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.”

“If we try to secure the well-being of others, we will, at the same time, create the conditions for our own.”

“My sister is a teacher, so I am a strong support of teachers, but I'm not going to be bound by just a certain way of talking about these things, in order for us to move forward on behalf of our kids.”

“The advocates of a criminal are seldom artists enough to turn the beautiful terribleness of the deed to the advantage of the doer.”

“The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.”

“I understand by 'freedom of spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say No, where it is dangerous to say No.”

“You are free. You are powerful. You are good. You are love. You have value. You have purpose. All is well.”

“This subject brings me to that vilest offspring of the herd mind -- the odious militia. The man who enjoys marching in line and file to the strains of music falls below my contempt; he received his great brain by mistake -- the spinal cord would have been amply sufficient. This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism -- how intensely I despise them! War is low and despicable, and I had rather be smitten to shreds than participate in such doings.”