Meditation is valuable for all of humanity because it involves looking inward. People don't have to be religious to look inside themselves more carefully. It is constructive and worthwhile to analyze our emotions, including compassion and our sense of caring, so that we can become more calm and happy.

Genuine happiness comes from focusing on the happiness of others.

The basic condition of human life is happiness.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Genuine happiness and compassion go hand in hand.

We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance, really.

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.