If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer.

I call myself a feminist. Isn't that what you call someone who fights for women's rights?

Because the twentieth century was a century of violence, let us make the twenty-first a century of dialogue.

We discover that all human beings are just like us, so we are able to relate to them more easily. That generates a spirit of friendship in which there is less need to hide what we feel or what we are doing.

I think that ethical behaviour is another feature of the kind of inner discipline that leads to a happier existence.

The lessons we have begun to learn make me hopeful, that human beings will become friendlier, more harmonious, less harmful. Compassion and the seeds of peace will be able to flourish. At the same time, every individual is responsible to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes alone are not enough; we have to take responsibility. Large human movements spring from individual human initiatives

There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality.