“Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.” — Dalai Lama Quote

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.

Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.

It's fantastic because I've been living thousands of lives, not only my life.

I think that we need to live our lives for the present... as if it is our one and only wild and wonderful life.

I want people to understand they have to live their own lives the way they want to and not just do what we do.

Marystown, in Newfoundland, it's where began for me. It's where most of my family still lives and where a lot of my supporters are from.