Tibet Quotes

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

  Richard Gere

  Sister, Brother, Saving

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• We have a saying in Tibet: If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good.

  Heinrich Harrer

  Inspirational, Karma, Seven Years

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• We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

  Dalai Lama

  Motivational, Spiritual, Peace

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• It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet.

  Sam Brownback

  Religious, Government, Hands

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• What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people.

  Martin Scorsese

  Heart, People, Destruction

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• Tibet is a beautiful and richly endowed region of our great motherland.

  Hu Jintao

  Beautiful, Motherland, Regions

  Hu Jintao's Speech at Tibet's Peaceful Liberation, www.chinese-embassy.no. July 19, 2001.

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• Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Religious, Kindness

  "The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology by and about the Dalai Lama" edited by Sidney Piburn, (p. 52), 1990.

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• The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

  Dalai Lama

  Past, Government, Laughing

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• Free Tibet before free trade.

  Zhu Rongji

  Trade, Free Trade

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• There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.

  Susan Cain

  People, Overcoming

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.127, Broadway Books

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• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

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• I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.

  Iggy Pop

  Believe, Boys, Whales

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• You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.

  Kenneth Rexroth

  Good Life, America, Saint

  Interview with Jerome Rothenberg and David Antin, jacketmagazine.com. April 1958.

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• The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better (than shooting in Tibet).

  Joan Chen

  Shooting, Film, Lowest

  "INTERVIEW: A Long Way from Twin Peaks, Joan Chen Gets Sent Down for 'Xiu-Xiu'". Interview with Augusta Palmer, www.indiewire.com. May 6, 1999.

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• Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Buddhist, Buddhism

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.14, Penguin Books India

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• I only escaped from Tibet because I feared my people would resort to desperate violence if the Chinese took me as their prisoner.

  Dalai Lama

  People, Chinese, Violence

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Karma, Buddhist

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• You shouldn't speak until you know what you're talking about. That's why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? I'm a f***ing actor! They hand me a script. I act. I'm here for entertainment, basically, when you whittle everything away. I'm a grown man who puts on makeup.

  Brad Pitt

  Men, Thinking, Makeup

  "A Conversation Runs Through It". Interview with Bruce Handy, content.time.com. October 13 ,1997.

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• My responsibility is to save Tibet, to protect its ancient cultural heritage.

  Dalai Lama

  Responsibility, Heritage, Ancient

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The situation with Tibet has to change. China is one of the last huge dictatorships, holding on to these colonies, provinces. That has to collapse. It's the responsibility of heads of business who are going to do business in China to lay down the law.

  Adam Yauch

  Responsibility, Holding On, Dictatorship

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  Open your arms to change but don't let go of your values.

  Dalai Lama

  Moving On, Letting Go, Spiritual

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• People in Tibet have an expression. When you reach a certain degree of venerableness and age, and people ask, "How are you?," there is an expression that people use that means, "Just barely not dead." Some people might be frightened by it but I think it's quite funny.

  Robert Thurman

  Mean, Thinking, Expression

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Because my main concern is the Tibetan Buddhist culture, not just political independence, I cannot seek self-rule for central Tibet and exclude the 4 million Tibetans in our two eastern provinces of Amdo and Kham.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Two, Self

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be; in which individuals are driven to devoting their lives to becoming enlightened by the natural flood of compassion for others that arises from their wisdom.

  Robert Thurman

  Wisdom, Buddhism, Compassion

  Robert Thurman (1999). “Inner Revolution”, p.28, Penguin

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• We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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