The point of life is happiness.

When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.

The motivation of all religious practice is similar: love, sincerity, honesty. The way of life of practically all religious persons is consistent. The teachings of tolerance, love, and compassion are the same.

Just as you have the instinctive natural desire to be happy and overcome suffering, so do all sentient beings; just as you have the right to fulfill this innate aspiration, so do all sentient beings. So on what exact grounds do you discriminate?

I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether.

Everything you do has some effect, some impact.

If you want change, create the causes.