Appeals Quote by Elie Wiesel

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

— Dalai Lama

Except if it has some historical meaning for them to have Tibet under their control. I don't understand why [ Chinese] want it so much.

— Elie Wiesel

Tibetans - at least traditionally - are so totally permeated with the dharma that they don't see any difference between dharma and everyday life,…

— Tenzin Palmo

One thing is that [Tibetans] should not give up hope. That's - even [if] it lasts a century. My discussions with the Dalai Lama…

— Elie Wiesel

Tibet has a very proud people but it's culturally gone and overrun ever since the Chinese took over. It's like saving the rhino. When…

— Paul Theroux

I believe that the Tibetans should have the right to control their own destinies and decide for themselves whether they want to be part…

— Ma Jian

The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.

— Dalai Lama

“Decades of destruction, suppression, genocide, sterilization, and political indoctrination could not break the Tibetans’ will for freedom, or their deep-rooted religious beliefs. On”

— Heinrich Harrer

The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in other traditions,…

— Pico Iyer

They have their belief, these poor Tibet people, that Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into every generation. At bottom some belief…

— Thomas Carlyle

In the early '60s there was very little reliable information on Tibetan Buddhism. I was living in London and I had joined the Buddhist…

— Tenzin Palmo

“The Dalai Lama began by saying it’s not possible for everyone to be a Christian or a Buddhist. “There’s no other choice but for…

— Dalai Lama XIV