I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.

If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function properly.

It may seem unrealistic to think we can ever become free from hatred, but Buddhists have systematic methods for gradually developing a tolerance powerful enough to give such freedom.

The proper way to create friends is to have a warm heart, not simply money or power. The friend of power and the friend of money are something different.

The mind is key. If anything should be considered a god, so to speak, it is the mind, not money. A healthy positive mind is the utmost priority. But if we were to reverse the order of these priorities, what would happen? I find it hard to imagine how a person with great wealth, bad health, no friends, and no peace of mind could feel even slightly happy.

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

If we had to accept the idea of an independent creator, the explanations given in [several Buddhist texts] which completely refutes the existence per se of all phenomena, would be negated.