If you utilize obstacles properly, then they strengthen your courage, and they also give you more intelligence, more wisdom.

Peace… starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us.

In some cases, in order to protect global issues some sacrifice for national interest is worth it in the long run. Global warming, these things, they suffer everybody.

The more adept we become at cultivating an altruistic attitude, the happier we will feel and the more comfortable will be the atmosphere around us. But if our emotions fluctuate wildly and we easily give in to hatred and jealousy, even our friends will avoid us. So even for people with no spiritual beliefs, it is important to have a peaceful mind.

On every level of human life, compassion is the key thing.

By being inattentive to the needs of others, inevitably we end up harming them.

Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.