It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.

If we looked down at the world from space, we would not see any demarcations of national boundaries. We would simply see one small planet, just one.

No material object, however beautiful or valuable, can make us feel loved, because our deeper identity and true character lie in the subjective nature of the mind.

In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves.

Have no discrepancy between what you say, what you are and what you do.

Contemplating the suffering which is unbearable to us, and is unbearable to others, too, can produce awake mind, which arises from the compassion that wishes to free all living beings from suffering.

We should practice by showing one another love and helping one another. It is a mistake to pursue happiness and to seek to the avoid suffering by deceiving and humiliating other people. We must try to achieve happiness and eliminate suffering by being good-hearted and well-behaved.