Envying another's beauty will diminish your own. But when you praise beauty in others your own beauty deepens.

We have both a weak self and a strong self; the two are completely different. If we allow our weak side to dominate, we will be defeated. The thought ,"I am still young and have a lot of time, so I can relax and take life easy" is a function of our own weakness.

It is precisely when we have suffered defeat that we can determine to win and open the path to future victory.

Self-centered anger generates evil, but wrath at social injustice becomes the driving force for reform. Strong language that censures and combats a great evil often awakens adverse reactions from society, but this must not intimidate those who believe they are right. A lion is a lion because he roars.

I can do more. I can grow. I can become a bigger and better human being.

Buhhdism is wisdom. As long as we have wisdom, we can put all things to the best use, we can turn everything in the direction of happiness.

Peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.