Suffering increases your inner strength. Also, the wishing for suffering makes the suffering disappear.

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.

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

You can develop the right attitude toward others if you have kindness, love and respect for them, and a clear realization of the oneness of all human beings.

I don't want to be a prisoner in a palace, living in such a constricted way - too tight!

We are social animals. Others' suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness.

The future will be in the hands of those of you who belong to the 21st century. You have the opportunity and responsibility to build a better humanity. This means developing warm-heartednes s in this very life, here and now. So, do whatever work you do, but ask yourselves now and then, 'How can I contribute to human beings being happier and more peaceful?'