Friends, genuine friends, are attracted by a warm heart, not money, not power. A genuine friend considers you as just another human being, as a brother or sister, and shows affection on that level, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, or in a high position; that is a genuine friend.

Better grounded emotionally through patience, we become stronger mentally and spiritually, and tend to be healthier physically.

Through awareness, you get a certain attitude. That's the way, you see, to achieve more peaceful, more compassion, more friendship through that way.

Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.

Non-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each other’s rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there is a real solution to conflict and disagreement. There is no hundred percent winner, no hundred percent loser—not that way but half-and-half. That is the practical way, the only way.

Fear, hatred, and suspicion narrow your mind - compassion opens it.

We all have the potential to be better than we are.