The Buddha gave equal opportunities to women. But we, even as followers of Buddha, neglected that.

A calm mind helps our human intelligence to assess the situation realistically.

Because the twentieth century was a century of violence, let us make the twenty-first a century of dialogue.

Meditation is valuable for all of humanity because it involves looking inward. People don't have to be religious to look inside themselves more carefully. It is constructive and worthwhile to analyze our emotions, including compassion and our sense of caring, so that we can become more calm and happy.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

Better grounded emotionally through patience, we become stronger mentally and spiritually, and tend to be healthier physically.

I have been confronted with many difficulties throughout the course of my life, and my country is going through a critical period. But I laugh often, and my laughter is contagious. When people ask me how I find the strength to laugh now, I reply that I am a professional laugher.