Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and look back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

We must have a pure, honest, and warm-hearted motivation, and on top of that, determination, optimism, hope, and the ability not to be discouraged. The whole of humanity depends on this motivation.

The only way to fail is to quit.

Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness.

Different people describe me in a different ways. Some describe me as the living Buddha. Nonsense. Some describe me as 'God-king.' Nonsense. Some consider me as a demon or a wolf in Buddhist robes. That also, I think nonsense.

Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life

Only through the development of mutual respect, and in a spirit of truth, can friendship come about. By these means it is possible to move human minds, but never by force.