One thing is that [Tibetans] should not give up hope. That's - even [if] it lasts a century. My discussions with the Dalai Lama always were about that.

What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories

The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

The creative mind plays with the object it loves.

The more educated the people, the freer they are.

It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.

Oh, there's tons of resentment. That's normal. I can't control that, and I don't worry about it.

Ignorance is not bliss. Bliss is knowing the full meaning of what you have been given.

These people get to the top because they have to, because inside them burns a dream too big, too ever present, too demanding to be denied.

I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.

If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the wholeworld will be blind and toothless.

Unfortunately most accidents are preventable. Planes don't fall out of the sky unless something is wrong.

A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.