The feeling of being happy or unhappy rarely depends on our absolute state, but on our perception of the situation, on our capacity to be satisfied with what we have.

Each individual has a universal responsibility to shape institutions to serve human needs.

When invitation come, then I inquire just to see new place or seeing just the one sort of family, then not much interest.

Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt.

I learn as much from a turtle as from a religious text.

Your education tends to develop the brain while it neglects the heart, so you have a longing for teachings that develop and strengthen the good heart.

The key to genuine happiness is in our hands. To think this way is to discover the essential values of kindness, brotherly love and altruism. The more clearly we see the benefits of these values, the more we will seek to reject anything that opposes them; in this way we will be able to bring about inner transformation.