I think governments can't do much.
It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.
I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.
Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.
As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.
The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.
If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense. I am just one human being.
I have no trouble sleeping.
Chinese people themselves, they really want change.
Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.
There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.
If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.
The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.
If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.
I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.
I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.
Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.
Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.
Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.
Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.
China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.
Computers make me totally blank out.
I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.
I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.
One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists.
