Meet hostility and suspicion with kindness. Helping others out of love is always the best option.

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

Helping others is not limited to providing food, shelter, and so forth, but includes relieving the basic causes of suffering and providing the basic causes of happiness.

Human beings are not intrinsically selfish, which isolates us from others. We are essentially social animals who depend on others to meet our needs. We achieve happiness, prosperity and progress through social interaction. Therefore, having a kind and helpful attitude contributes to our own and others' happiness.

Human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.

Peace has a great deal to do with warm-heartednes s and respect for the lives of others, avoiding doing them harm and regarding their lives as being as precious as our own. If, on that basis, we can also be of help to others, so much the better.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.