All good qualities must be sown and cultivated. We can’t expect to change overnight from an ordinary person into one with high realizations.

Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

Love and compassion ... are the ultimate source of human happiness, and the need for them lies at the very core of our being.

I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any value. From a strictly practical perspective, on certain occasions violence appears to be useful. We can solve a problem quickly by force. But this success is often at the expense of the rights and welfare of others. Although one problem has been solved, the seed of another has been planted.

There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality.

If you wonder what you were doing in the past, look at your body; to know what will happen to you in the future, look at your mind.

I am basically optimistic.