Happiness that depends mainly on physical pleasure is unstable; one day it's there, the next day it may not be.

To me there is no difference whether president, beggar, or king.

A balanced and skillful approach to life, taking care to avoid extremes, becomes a very important factor in conducting one's everyday existence.

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.

I think governments can't do much.

In this century we have made remarkable material progress, but basically we are the same as we were thousands of years ago. Our spiritual needs are still very great.

Genuine happiness comes from focusing on the happiness of others.