True compassion is universal in scope. It is accompanied by a feeling of responsibility.

Basically, from the viewpoint of real human value we are all the same.

When a person is in a miserable situation, then, yes, it is difficult to develop genuine compassion toward others. That's why I find it difficult to say to poor people, "Please have compassion toward millionaires." That's not easy.

You are so anxious about the future that you do not enjoy the present. You therefore do not live in the present or the future. You live as if you are never going to die, and then die having never really lived.

As soon as I wake up I pay homage to the Buddha, and I try to prepare my mind to be more altruistic, more compassionate, during the day to come so I can be of benefit to beings. Then I do physical exersice - I walk on a treadmill.

The practice of love can be expressed in one sentence: 'Do not harm others.'

All I can do is engage with complete sincerity. Then whatever happens, there is no regret.