I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it.

A thousand candles can be lit from one candle, however the life of the original candle is not shortened in the least.

We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your feeling "I am of no value" is wrong. Absolutely wrong.

We need to employ a secular approach to ethics, secular in the Indian sense of respecting all religious traditions and even the views of non-believers in an unbiased way. Secular ethics rooted in scientific findings, common experience and common sense can easily be introduced into the secular education system. If we can do that there is a real prospect of making this 21st century an era of peace and compassion.

A learned person will become noble only when he or she has put into real practice what has been learned, instead of mere words.

Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever