If we don't understand phenomena, we are more likely to do things to harm ourselves and others.

Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.

There is...a tendency to think of the spiritual life as primarily introspective, divorced from the concerns of everyday life....Faith that does not translate into actions is no faith at all.

My own share making contribution [to the the well-being of humanity]. So I never feel I am something special.

As far as social-economic theory is concerned, I am still a Marxist

We are the creators of our own happiness and suffering, for everything originates in the mind.

To develop patience, you need someone who willfully hurts you. Such people give us real opportunities to practice tolerance. They test our inner strength in a way that even our guru cannot. Basically, patience protects us from being discouraged.