Cultivating inner discipline is something that takes time; expecting rapid results is simply a sign of impatience.

Whatever the intellectual quality of the education given our children, it is vital that it include elements of love and compassion, for nothing guarantees that knowledge alone will be truly useful to human beings.

Today, as we wish each other a Happy New Year, let us determine to be more sincere, compassionate, warm-hearted human beings, trying to make our world a more equal place. That way we'll actually make it a happy year.

Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life

In some cases, lack of full knowledge or holistic view, that is also part of the problem. But mainly lack of moral principle. So long you have this genuine sort of concern, well being of other. That's the foundation of moral principle.

I do not judge the universe.

Indulgence in resentment and vengeance will only further increase miseries to oneself and others in this life and in lives to come.