There is nothing I can't live without. I learned this attitude when I was a child.

A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives.

Afflictive emotions - our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear - can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are only temporary, that they always pass on like clouds in the sky, you also realize they can ultimately be abandoned.

Buddha was speaking about reality. Reality may be one, in its deepest essence, but Buddha also stated that all propositions about reality are only contingent.

Buddhahood is a state free of all obstructions to knowledge and disturbing emotions. It is the state in which the mind is fully evolved.

Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.

Rulers come and go. It's the people who are the real rulers of the country.