"One does not have to prove a negative. One should assume a negative."

“In a last violent protest against the hopelessness of imminent death, I sensed my spirit piercing through the enveloping gloom. I felt it transcend that hopeless, meaningless world, and from somewhere I heard a victorious "Yes" in answer to my question of the existence of an ultimate purpose. At that moment a light was lit in a distant farmhouse, which stood on the horizon as if painted there, in the midst of the miserable gray of a dawning morning in Bavaria. "Et lux in tenebris lucet"-and the light shineth in the darkness.”

“It takes a lot of bad writing to get to a little good writing.”

“It felt like being a child again, though it was not. Being a child is like nothing. It's only being. Later, when we think about it, we make it into youth.”

“I don't want the chair of the government because it will be controlled by the U.S. and I don't want to be controlled by the U.S.”

“A monk is holy and great until he starts teaching you the real Dharma”

Source : FaceBook post by H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche from Jun 11, 2013

“Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion.”

“Prayer begets Revival, which begets more prayer.”

“A star on top will complete all the scenery!”