If your mind is scattered, it is quite powerless.

The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger - the greatest threat to our inner peace, and therefore our happiness. The mind, or spirit, is not physical, it cannot be touched or harmed directly. Only negative thoughts and emotions can harm it. Therefore, only the corresponding positive quality can protect it.

All sentient beings have the seed of the Buddha within them.

The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

There is a common perception that compassion is, if not actually an impediment, at least irrelevant to professional life. Personally, I would argue that not only is it relevant, but that when compassion is lacking, our activities are in danger of becoming destructive. This is because when we ignore the question of the impact our actions have on others' well-being, inevitably we end up hurting them.

Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up

World peace must develop from inner peace.