It's best not to get too excited or too depressed by the ups and downs of life.

We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without.

The greater the force of your compassion, the greeater your resilience in confronting hardships.

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.

If your heart has peace, nothing can disturb you.

Afflictive emotions - our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear - can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are only temporary, that they always pass on like clouds in the sky, you also realize they can ultimately be abandoned.