The message of love and compassion will travel far and wide if all who follow a spiritual path work together in harmony and mutual respect.

It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.

While it is all very well to distinguish happiness that is transient from that which is lasting, between ephemeral and genuine happiness, the only happiness it is meaningful to speak of when a person is dying from thirst is access to water.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.

Friends, genuine friends, have much more to do with whether we have a warm heart, not money or power.

All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.