Each of us has the potential to contribute... You have a great opportunity to make a new shape of the world.

If someone remains in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind, external surroundings can cause them only a limited disturbance.

It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.

A mind wishing to benefit other people and other sentient beings is the very basis of peace and happiness.

We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.

Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-al ready-are.

Forgiveness is the most effective way of dealing with arguments; altruism and forgiveness bring humanity together so that no conflict, however serious, will go beyond the bounds of what is truly human.