Even a small act of compassion grants meaning and purpose to our lives.

Real change in society must start from individual initiative.

Through meditative techniques, one can free the mind of delusions and attain what we call enlightenment.

Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.

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.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

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.