The nature of our motivation determines the character of our work.

Ultimately, the human being is in the mercy of nature.

Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element of discomfort, but there also is a level of stability because you are voluntarily accepting pain. It gives you a sense of confidence.

Maybe, just maybe, I would like to become a real spiritual teacher, a working lama!

If you wonder what you were doing in the past, look at your body; to know what will happen to you in the future, look at your mind.

Whatever the intellectual quality of the education given our children, it is vital that it include elements of love and compassion, for nothing guarantees that knowledge alone will be truly useful to human beings.