If you focus only on yourself and neglect others, you will lose; but you will gain if you value others as much as you cherish yourself.

There is...a tendency to think of the spiritual life as primarily introspective, divorced from the concerns of everyday life....Faith that does not translate into actions is no faith at all.

Scientists may study mainly matter but they cannot ignore the human mind, or consciousness: spiritual practitioners may be engaging mainly in developing the mind but they cannot completely ignore their physical needs. It is for this reason that I have always stressed the importance of combining both mental and the material approach to achieving happiness for humankind.

Wisdom and inner peace must be created by yourself.

There is often a big disparity between the way in which we perceive things and the way things really are.

Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.

I have found that the greatest degree of inner peace comes from cultivating love and compassion.