I'm not a political person, and their ambitions are not mine. They want power. I don't want power.

You know, words have strange destiny, too. They grow. They get old. They die. They come back.

It is up to us to determine whether the years ahead will be for humankind a curse or a blessing. We always must remember that it is given to men and women to choose life and living, not death and destruction.

The Vietnam War ended because of the campus situation. And so many other injustices have been corrected in the World today only thanks to the young people. So, young people especially have a responsibility for Tibet.

But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.

I belong to a tradition that believes that the death of a single child is a blemish on creation.

Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to life as long as God himself