Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so when the provocation is extreme. For it is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

I hope that at this moment you are thinking of yourself as a human being rather than as an American, Asian, European, African, or member of any particular country. These loyalties are secondary.

An eye for an eye....we are all blind

Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence.

It is worthwhile for one to make an effort to achieve happiness. Just as the purpose of a plant is to grow, so it is that the main purpose of every human being is to survive and to grow until death.

I think that ethical behaviour is another feature of the kind of inner discipline that leads to a happier existence.

It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.