Happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events.

Our business is to be happy.

Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family.

External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.

Someone else's action should not determine your response.

God exists or God does not exist. Leave it for us. Your task is to learn how to live peacefully.

Given the scale of life in the cosmos, one human life is no more than a tiny blip. Each one of us is a just visitor to this planet, a guest, who will only stay for a limited time. What greater folly could there be than to spend this short time alone, unhappy or in conflict with our companions? Far better, surely, to use our short time here in living a meaningful life, enriched by our sense of connection with others and being of service to them.