His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground

I believe the ultimate aim of all human beings is to obtain happiness and a sense of fulfillment... I have always stressed the importance of combining both the mental and material approach to achieving happiness for humankind.

Go at least once a year to a place you've never been before.

Disagreement is something normal.

A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation.

I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.

A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware.