Wealth is not necessarily a bad thing when it has been earned in an honest manner and neither other individuals nor the environment suffered for it.

If it can be solved, there's no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use.

We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others’ generosity to meanness. And who is there among us who does not prefer tolerance, respect and forgiveness of our failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment?

Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to help those in need.

The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger - the greatest threat to our inner peace, and therefore our happiness. The mind, or spirit, is not physical, it cannot be touched or harmed directly. Only negative thoughts and emotions can harm it. Therefore, only the corresponding positive quality can protect it.

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

Do something that scares you every day. You have nothing to lose but fear itself.