Any issue, including political, economic and religious activities human beings pursue in this world, should be fully understood before we pass our judgement. Therefore, it is very important to know the causes. Whatever the issue, we should be able to see the complete picture. This will enable us to comprehend the whole story.

On occasions when u feel most hopeless, u must take powerful effort. We must persist in face of failure.

From the scientific view, the theory of karma may be a metaphysical assumption -- but it is no more so than the assumption that all of life is material and originated out of pure chance

We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without.

If you become more concerned for the welfare of others, you will experience a sense of calm, inner-strength, and self confidence.

The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe form of punishment because it is so final. The human life is ended and the executed person is deprived of the opportunity to change, to restore the harm done or compensate for it.

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.