A lot of problems we are facing, essentially, man made problem. Own creation. Not due to lack of intelligence.

I feel that we should not only maintain gentle, peaceful relations with our fellow human beings bur also that is very important to extend the same kind of attitude toward the natural environment.

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

All good qualities must be sown and cultivated. We can’t expect to change overnight from an ordinary person into one with high realizations.

There is nothing I can't live without. I learned this attitude when I was a child.

All religions are essentially the same in their goal of developing a good human heart so that we may become better human beings.

When we think carefully, we see that the brief elation we experience when appeasing sensual impulses may not be very different from what the drug addict feels when indulging his or her habit. Temporary relief is soon followed by a craving for more. And in just the same way that taking drugs in the end only causes trouble, so, too, does much of what we undertake to fulfill our immediate sensory desires.