Study and practice are both very important, but they must go hand in hand. Faith without knowledge is not sufficient. Faith needs to be supported by reason. However intellectual understanding that is not applied in practice is also of little use. Whatever we learn from study we need to apply sincerely in our daily lives.

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.

Whether we love humanity or not, we must realize that we are part of it. My future depends entirely on the future of humanity, and so I am compelled to take care of humanity. That is why being compassionate is actually in my own best interest. And a symptom of my own peace of mind is that I can share comfort with others around me.

Love and compassion ... are the ultimate source of human happiness, and the need for them lies at the very core of our being.

There is competition, but it is used in a good way. It is positive to want to go first, provided the intention is to pave the way for others, make their path more easy, help them, or show the way. Competition is negative when we wish to defeat others, to bring them down in order to lift ourselves up.

We forget that despite the superficial differences between us, people are equal in their basic wish for peace and happiness.

Genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun.