If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

Once you encourage the thought of compassion in your mind, once it becomes active, then your attitude towards others changes automatically.

Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life

Treat each person as you would an old friend.

Ageing destroys youth, sickness destroys health, degeneration of life destroys all excellent qualities and death destroys life. Even if you are a great runner, you cannot run away from death. you cannot stop death with your wealth, through your magic performances or recitation of mantras or even medicines. Therefore, it is wise to prepare for your death.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

If we looked down at the world from space, we would not see any demarcations of national boundaries. We would simply see one small planet, just one.