If we choose an external marker as the measure of our inner worth, whether it is the amount of money we make, or others' opinion of us, or the success of some project we're involved in, sooner or later we're bound to be battered by life's inevitable changes. After all, money comes and goes, and thus is an unstable source of self-esteem, an unreliable foundation upon which to build our identity.

The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness.

There is no way to escape death, it is just like trying to escape by four great mountains touching sky. There is no escape from these four mountains of birth, old age, sickness and death.

The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

The only way to fail is to quit.

The basic condition of human life is happiness.

I always try to share with others the idea that in order to become compassionate it is not necessary to become religious.