I consider myself to be just one among 7 billion human beings. If I were to think of myself as different from others, or as something special, it would create a barrier between us. What makes us the same is that we all want to lead happy lives and gather friends around us. And friendship is based on trust, honesty and openness.

We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity.

We have a responsibility to look after our planet. It is our only home.

Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or from a computer.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family.

Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone.