In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.
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.
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
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.
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.
Tibet is a beautiful and richly endowed region of our great motherland.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
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.
Free Tibet before free trade.
There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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.
You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.
The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better (than shooting in Tibet).
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
I only escaped from Tibet because I feared my people would resort to desperate violence if the Chinese took me as their prisoner.
Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
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.
My responsibility is to save Tibet, to protect its ancient cultural heritage.
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.
Open your arms to change but don't let go of your values.
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.
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.
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.
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
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