When seen from outer space, our beautiful blue planet has no national boundaries.

Peace of mind is the basis of a healthy body and a healthy mind; so peace of mind, a calm mind, is very, very important.

Real power has to do with one's ability to influence the hearts and minds of others.

The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger.

I am basically optimistic.

Many people and companies only have one goal: money, money, and more money. Greed is ok when you let others profit from it, but greed for oneself is bad, it makes you ill.

Non-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each other’s rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there is a real solution to conflict and disagreement. There is no hundred percent winner, no hundred percent loser—not that way but half-and-half. That is the practical way, the only way.