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

World peace must develop from inner peace.

To be kind, honest and have positive thoughts; to forgive those who harm us and treat everyone as a friend; to help those who are suffering and never to consider ourselves superior to anyone else: even if this advice seems rather simplistic, make the effort of seeing whether by following it you can find greater happiness.

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

We don't need to respond with desperate violence.

The best way of fulfilling your own interest is to take care of others.

I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes. After all, man can live without meat.