Some people get the impression that Buddhism talks too much about suffering. In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time. Similarly, the Buddhist is willing to sacrifice immediate comfort so that he or she can achieve lasting happiness.

We have a natural creative ability and it is very important to realize this.

The three types of misery are the misery of suffering, the misery of change, and pervasive misery.

Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

In olden times when there was a war, it was a human-to-human confrontation. The victor in battle would directly see the blood and suffering of the defeated enemy. Nowadays, it is much more terrifying because a person in an office can push a button and kill millions of people and never see the human tragedy that he or she has created. The mechanization of war, the mechanization of human conflict, poses an increasing threat to peace.

If your mind is scattered, it is quite powerless.