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

If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

If the basic human nature was aggressive, we would have been born with animal claws & huge teeth -- but ours are very short, very pretty, very weak! That means we are not well equipped to be aggressive beings. Even the size of our mouth is very small. So I think the basic nature of human beings should be gentle.

People once considered that religions were obsolete and that material science would solve all human problems. Then they have become disillusioned with materialism and machinery and have realized that spiritual sciences are also indispensable for human welfare.

There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.