Self satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction, but whether it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences.

Our planet is blessed with vast natural treasures. If we use them wisely, beginning with the elimination of militarism and war, every human being will be able to live a healthy, prosperous existence.

People should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion. Even secular humanism has great spiritual resources; it is almost like a religion to me.

The cultivation of compassion is no longer a luxury, but a necessity, if our species is to survive.

I consider others as just brothers and sisters. Nothing barrier.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence.