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

We must cultivate a universal responsibility toward each other and extend it to the planet that we have to share

If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function properly.

It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.

The more we feel concern for others and seek their well-being, the more friends we will have and the more welcome we will feel.

There is no way to escape death, it is just like trying to escape by four great mountains touching sky. There is no escape from these four mountains of birth, old age, sickness and death.

To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else.