Anger, hatred, fear, is very bad for our health

I call myself a feminist. Isn't that what you call someone who fights for women's rights?

Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.

If indeed the qualities such as love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness are what happiness consists in, and if it is also true that compassion, defined as concern for others, is both the source and the fruit of these qualities, then the more we are compassionate, the more we provide for our own happiness.

The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.

Let us cultivate love and compassion, both of which give life true meaning. This is the religion I preach. It is simple. Its temple is the heart. Its teaching is love and compassion. Its moral values are loving and respecting others, whoever they may be. Whether one is a lay person or a monastic, we have no other option if we wish to survive in this world.

Because the twentieth century was a century of violence, let us make the twenty-first a century of dialogue.