A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man´s wisdom even if he associates with a sage.

The way to develop inner peace through meditation begins with the recognition that the destroyer of inner peace is not some external foe, but is within us. Therefore, the solution is within us too. However, that inner change does not take place immediately in the way that we switch on a light, but takes weeks, months and years.

It is important to pray for peace. . . But you must also take actions to make that happen. Every single day.

Someone else's action should not determine your response.

Initially, terrorism was a certain mixture of politics, economics, and religion. Now, it seems that terrorism is more individual and done to avenge personal grudges. So there are two kinds of terrorism.

With genuine love and compassion, another person's appearance or behavior has no affect on your attitude.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.