If we try to secure the well-being of others, we will, at the same time, create the conditions for our own.

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

My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'education of the heart'.

Through meditative techniques, one can free the mind of delusions and attain what we call enlightenment.

My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common sense, is that establishing binding ethical principles is possible when we take as our starting point the observation that we all desire happiness and wish to avoid suffering.

Nowadays, we are confronted by a huge gap between rich and poor. This is not only morally wrong, but practically a mistake. It leads to the rich living in anxiety and the poor living in frustration, which has the potential to lead to more violence. We have to work to reduce this gap. It's truly unfair that some people should have so much while others go hungry.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.