"No one can afford to assume that..." - Quote by Dalai Lama

“I am convinced that human nature is basically affectionate and good. If our behavior follows our kind and loving nature, immense benefits will result, not only for ourselves, but also for the society to which we belong. I generally refer to this sort of love and affection as a universal religion. Everyone needs it, believers as much as non-believers. This attitude constitutes the very basis of morality.”

“If we looked down at the world from space, we would not see any demarcations of national boundaries. We would simply see one small planet, just one.”

“I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.”

“Excellence does not begin in Washington.”

“There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.”

“We have duties to others, and duties to ourselves, and we cannot shirk either.”

“Who is he that shall control me? Why may not I act and speak and write and think with entire freedom? What am I to the universe, or, the unvierse, what is it to me? Who hath forged the chains of wrong and right, of Opinion and Custom? And must I wear them?”

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”

“I would give wings to children, but I would leave it to them to learn how to fly by themselves.”