Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.

The highest happiness is when one reaches the stage of liberation, at which there is no more suffering.

The essence of all religions is love, compassion and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. No matter whether you are learned or not, whether you believe in the next life or not, whether you believe in God or Buddha or some other religion or not, in day-to-day life you must be a kind person.

Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.

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.

By deceiving one another through false assumptions and misrepresentations there has been, in reality, a great lapse and delay in achieving the real goals.