The basis of human rights is happy life. Everyone wants to lead a happy life for which we need to have a holistic approach.

We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and friends. Peace and warm-heartednes s can then spread through the community just as ripples radiate out across the water when you drop a pebble into a pond

In my childhood, I had a religious assistant who always told me, if you can really laugh with full abandonment, it's very good for your health.

The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful in developing a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood; a warm feeling of love and compassion for others.

Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need both material and spiritual development. This is why, for our own good and that of society we need to balance material progress with inner development.

Without your own effort it is impossible for blessings to come.

As far as mental development is concerned, we should never be complacent. We can develop our minds infinitely - there is no limitation.