We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and friends. Peace and warm-heartednes s can then spread through the community just as ripples radiate out across the water when you drop a pebble into a pond

The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger, and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through human effort, understanding and the development of a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.

In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable.

It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.

All religions are essentially the same in their goal of developing a good human heart so that we may become better human beings.