The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

Anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred are the real troublemakers, with them problems cannot be solved.

Some people consider the practice of love and compassion is only related to religious practice and if they are not interested in religion they neglect these inner values. But love and compassion are qualities that human beings require just to live together.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Real change in society must start from individual initiative.

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