Happiness in simplicity can be achieved with a flexible mindset and nine hours sleep each night.

We are beset by problems and if we look for their source, we find they arise because of our selfishness, because we tend to pursue our own interests at the expense of others. Our various religious traditions exist to help us reduce these problems. They all teach ways to overcome suffering through cultivating love and compassion, tolerance, patience and contentment.

Instead of harboring fear and suspicion we need to think of other people not as ‘them’ but ‘us’.

Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually.

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

The basic condition of human life is happiness.

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.