The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts. And therefore the universe changes.

I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

I can’t remember that I was ever looking for anything. I was waiting for something to touch me. It’s like, I’ll be open to it, and see if it moves me. There has to be a "falling in love" moment.

In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.

Everyone responds to kindness.

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

And, in the end, I knew there was nothing better in life than keeping the head and the heart up—and when you cannot see the shoreline, always putting one hand, one word, in front of the other.

Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It's because they know what it's like to be treated like an animal.

The motto for every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be 'Devoted for Life.'

Thank goodness we don't have only serious problems, but ridiculous ones as well.

Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.

We begin with the hypothesis that any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development.

Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead.

You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.

Either we shake one another's hands in joy at he victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life, and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are ours.

Men will commit atrocities as long as they believe absurdities.