We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

All good qualities must be sown and cultivated. We can’t expect to change overnight from an ordinary person into one with high realizations.

The proper way to create friends is to have a warm heart, not simply money or power. The friend of power and the friend of money are something different.

Never give up. No matter what is happening, no matter what is going on around you, never give up.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

To help us bring benefit to others through our words and actions, it is useful to cultivate an attitude of sympathetic joy in others’ achievements and good fortune. This attitude is a powerful antidote against envy, which is not only a source of unnecessary suffering on the individual level but also an obstacle to our ability to reach out and engage with others.