The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.

Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness .

From that viewpoint, America, free country, democratic country, so more opportunity. Still is more sort of Alive. This is my feeling.

Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, 'Today I am happy because this morning I was angry.' On the contrary, people feel uneasy and sad and say, 'Today I am not very happy, because I lost my temper this morning.'

Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. We have the same basic human needs and concerns. All of us human beings want freedom and the right to determine our own destiny as individuals and as peoples. That is human nature.