Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.

Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.

The affection is mainly biological factor. Then further sort of strengthening, that religion helps.

Use your human intelligence in the best way you can; transform your emotions in a positive way.

There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion.

External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.

His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground