A positive future cannot emerge from the mind of anger of despair

Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.

If there is love, there is hope that one may have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue.

But when it comes to democratic political parties, I prefer that monks and nuns not join them - in order to ensure proper democratic practice.

By being inattentive to the needs of others, inevitably we end up harming them.

The three types of misery are the misery of suffering, the misery of change, and pervasive misery.

The great benefit of science is that it can contribute tremendously to the alleviation of suffering at the physical level, but it is only through the cultivation of the qualities of the human heart and the transformation of our attitudes that we can begin to address and overcome our mental suffering...