If you want to be wisely selfish, care for others

Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content.

The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength.

Friends, genuine friends, have much more to do with whether we have a warm heart, not money or power.

I think every human being, born from mother, and at least the next few years, you see, received immense affection from our mother. So the child's first experience in this lifetime at the beginning, I think that immense affection from other is in our blood. So therefore, the whole rest of life, other people show you smile, genuine sort of closeness feeling. You feel happy. Even animals also like that.

I don't want to convert people to Buddhism - all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.

One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of your desire you are still not satisfied. The true antidote of greed is contentment.