Dalai Lama

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

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.

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.

Some scientists believe climate change is the cause of unprecedented melting of the North Pole, and that effects these very uncertain weather patterns. I think we should listen to those scientists and experts.

Chinese people themselves, they really want change.

My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding.