We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without.

I am basically optimistic.

A thousand candles can be lit from one candle, however the life of the original candle is not shortened in the least.

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.

I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.

We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity.

The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual, and from there it can expand to one's family, to one's neighborhood, to one's community and so on.