We are social animals. Others' suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness.

Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.

It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.

Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony.

Now you are on the Buddhist way. Keep up your meditation, as there is no instant illumination. The mind moves slowly into this. Do not become attached to your method. When, in the course of your meditation, your consciousness will have expanded and been transformed, you will then recognize that all the ways are valid ways.

To be in flow means to be totally absorbed in whatever one is doing at the moment. It occurs when one is fully present and completely focused on the task at hand...Flow can occur during any human activity, whether work or at play.

When reason ends, then anger begins. Therefore, anger is a sign of weakness.