"I am a firm believer in the..." - Quote by Dalai Lama

“There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.”

“Ethics: The indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.”

“You're happy when you help others become happy.”

“Should things go wrong at any time, the people will set them to rights by the peaceable exercise of their elective rights.”

“To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.”

“[T]here is only one sound argument for democracy, and that is the argument that it is a crime for any man to hold himself out as better than other men, and, above all, a most heinous offense for him to prove it.”

“I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.”

“These days many politicians are demanding change. Just like homeless people.”

“Politics is the art of controlling your environment.”