The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.

It is not just a person's physical constitution, their intellegence, their education, or even their social conditioning that enables them to withstand hardship. Much more significant is their inner development. And while some may be able to survive through sheer willpower, the ones who suffer the least are those who have a high degree of patience and courage in the face of adversity.

I believe in justice and truth, without which there would be no basis for human hope

Today we understand that the future of humanity very much depends on our planet, and that the future of the planet very much depends on humanity.

An open heart is an open mind.

I don't want to convert people to Buddhism - all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.

The rationale for loving others is the recognition of the simple fact that every living being has the same right to and the same desire for happiness, and not suffering, and the consideration that you as one individual are one life unit as compared with the mulititude of others in their ceaseless quest for happiness.