“Chinese people themselves, they really want change.”
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People Quotes — page 734 of 5018
“I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.”
“I don't want to convert people to Buddhism - all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.”
“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.”
“Artists have the responsibility to serve humanity give people hope.”
“If you young people who today belong to the first generation of the 21st century make an effort now, you may be able to create a happier, more peaceful world. But you can't take for granted that it will happen by itself, you'll need to take action.”
“We have to adopt a wider perspective, and always find common things between the people of north, east, south, and west. Conflict comes from the basis of differencs.”
“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.”
“A mind wishing to benefit other people and other sentient beings is the very basis of peace and happiness.”
“I make small mistakes every day. But major mistakes? It doesn't seem so. I've examined my service to the Tibetan people and to humanity, and I've done as much as I can in my life.”
“Perhaps our teachings seem less religious and more technical, like psychology, so they are easier for secular people to use.”
“I feel like my life is something purposeful. Many people have told me that after they listen to my talk, some point which I made, they got certain ideas and their whole life is changed. They are happier.”
“When I talk to a few thousand people, I just feel I am talking to an old friend. Like that. I never felt some kind of distance, so therefore, I feel one source of happiness. In that kind of atmosphere, my experience seems some benefit to some people.”
“Rulers come and go. It's the people who are the real rulers of the country.”
“Spiritually, yes, now many people knows Tibetans in spiritual field are very, very advanced but in material field is very, very backward.”
“My popularity, my happiness and sense of worth depend to no small extent upon my skill in dealing with people.”
“I am only trying to call attention to a fact; the fact that this year, of this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practice ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people.”
“Your people eat dry and tasteless flesh but it is off plates as smooth as ivory and as round as the sun.”
“Joy is the serious business of heaven. Our merriment must be between people who take each other seriously.”
“Whenever a person dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the faults of other people's religions, he is in a bad condition.”