Today is the right day to love, believe, do, and mostly, live.

We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance, really.

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, if you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

Life does not wait: Whether we spend our lives meaningfully or not, the time will be used up moment by moment.

Wealth is not necessarily a bad thing when it has been earned in an honest manner and neither other individuals nor the environment suffered for it.

Awareness of death is the very bedrock of the entire path. Until you have developed this awareness, all other practices are obstructed.

Freedom is the real source of human happiness and creativity. Irrespective of whether you are a believer or nonbeliever, whether Buddhist, Christian, or Jew, the important thing is to be a good human being.