It is not enough to belong to a religion. You also have to put it into practice. Religion is like medicine. You have to ingest it to combat the illness.

If we want spiritual development, the practice of patience is essential.

ONE MUST BE COMPASSIONATE TO ONE'S SELF BEFORE EXTERNAL COMPASSION.

Friends, genuine friends, have much more to do with whether we have a warm heart, not money or power.

Happiness in simplicity can be achieved with a flexible mindset and nine hours sleep each night.

Our attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises.

Non-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each other’s rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there is a real solution to conflict and disagreement. There is no hundred percent winner, no hundred percent loser—not that way but half-and-half. That is the practical way, the only way.