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" 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. "

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" We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily. "

" I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console. "

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

" Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future. "

" 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. "

" In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. "

" I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime. "

" 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. "

" There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive. "

" Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false. "

" 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. "

" Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open. "

" Chinese people themselves, they really want change. "

" Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain. "

" If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But even those people who have no interest about religion, okay, it's not religion, but you can train through education. "

" Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful. "

" I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted. "

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" Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives. "

" I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion. "

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

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

" My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. "

" I feel exhausted if I teach too long. "

" The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness. "

" Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. "

" Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation. "

" I am just one human being. "

" Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering. "

" I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture. "