Where there is a mind, there are feelings such as pain, pleasure, and joy. No sentient being wants pain: all wants happiness instead.

Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister.

If your heart has peace, nothing can disturb you.

An ethical act is one which does not harm others' experience or expectation of happiness.

True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.

Not so long ago people believed in ideologies, systems, and institutions to save all societies. Today, they have given up such hopes and have returned to relying on the individual, on individual freedom, individual initiative, individual creativity.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.