By far the single greatest danger facing humankind - in fact, all living beings on our planet - is the threat of nuclear destruction.

China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.

Overcoming negative tendencies and enhancing positive potential are the very essence of the spiritual path.

People need to climb the mountain not simple because it is there But because the soulful divinity needs to be mated with the spirit.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.

Religious belief is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.