Historically, the East was more concerned with understanding the mind and the West was more involved in understanding matter.

Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.

The basis of human rights is happy life. Everyone wants to lead a happy life for which we need to have a holistic approach.

Without changing one's self, without peace in one's self, world peace is not possible.

Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so when the provocation is extreme. For it is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

There is...a tendency to think of the spiritual life as primarily introspective, divorced from the concerns of everyday life....Faith that does not translate into actions is no faith at all.

The affection is mainly biological factor. Then further sort of strengthening, that religion helps.