Just as you have the instinctive natural desire to be happy and overcome suffering, so do all sentient beings; just as you have the right to fulfill this innate aspiration, so do all sentient beings. So on what exact grounds do you discriminate?

If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

Humanity happy, I get benefit. Humanity in state of trouble, or violence, I cannot escape from that.

The main cause of suffering is egoistic desire for one's own comfort and happiness.

Whenever I visit a market and see the chickens crowded together in tiny cages that give them no room to move around and spread their wings and the fish slowly drowning in the air, my heart goes out to them. People have to learn to think about animals in a different way, as sentient beings who love life and fear death. I urge everyone who can to adopt a compassionate vegetarian diet.

A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives.

Be gentle with the earth.