Dalai Lama Chinese Quotations

As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.

If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.

We have always been a nation different from the Chinese. Long ago we fought wars with them.

Today, due to the massive Chinese population transfer, the nation of Tibet truly faces the threat of extinction, along with its unique cultural heritage of Buddhist spirituality.

My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential.

Chinese people themselves, they really want change.

I must have dialogue with the Chinese government, and dialogue requires compromise. Therefore, I'm speaking for genuine self-rule, not for independence.

Self-rule means that China must stop its intensive effort to colonize Tibet with Chinese settlers and must allow Tibetans to hold responsible positions in the government of Tibet.

I only escaped from Tibet because I feared my people would resort to desperate violence if the Chinese took me as their prisoner.