The best way of fulfilling your own interest is to take care of others.

A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

True compassion is universal in scope. It is accompanied by a feeling of responsibility.

Buddha himself taught different teachings to different people under different circumstances. For some people, there are beliefs based on a Creator. For others, no Creator. The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.

unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause great harm.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.