There is often a big disparity between the way in which we perceive things and the way things really are.

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease.

If you resort to violent methods because the other side has destroyed your monastery, for example, you then have lost not only your monastery, but also your special Buddhist practices of detachment, love, and compassion.

Life does not wait: Whether we spend our lives meaningfully or not, the time will be used up moment by moment.

We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.

Everything you do has some effect, some impact.

To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else.