When you are warm-hearted, there is no room for anger, jealousy or insecurity.

Our love could change the orbit of the earth. So, if a meteor ever comes hurtling towards earth with the guarantee of destruction, top scientists may call on us to, well, you know, do it like crazy for the sake of humankind.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

What unites all beings is their desire for happiness.

Someone else's action should not determine your response.

A positive state of mind is not merely good for you, it benefits everyone with whom you come into contact, literally changing the world.

Because the twentieth century was a century of violence, let us make the twenty-first a century of dialogue.