Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease.

Compassion is something we can count on. Even if we face economic problems and our fortunes decline, we can still share our compassion with our fellow human beings. National and global economies are subject to many ups and downs, but through them all we can retain a compassionate attitude that will carry us through.

Spend 5 minutes breathing in, cherishing yourself; and, breathing out cherishing others. If you think about people you have difficulty cherishing, extend your cherishing to them anyway.

True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.

The person who received maximum affection from mother, that person also sort of cultivated the potential showing affection to others.

All religions are essentially the same in their goal of developing a good human heart so that we may become better human beings.

The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.