I always try to share with others the idea that in order to become compassionate it is not necessary to become religious.

Altruism is the best source of happiness. There is no doubt about that.

We need material development, but we need to understand that by itself it doesn't bring peace of mind.

Your education tends to develop the brain while it neglects the heart, so you have a longing for teachings that develop and strengthen the good heart.

When young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive world as we grow up, yet from birth we all have a need for affection. The emotions we experience today have not changed much over the last few thousand years, but the interest increasing numbers of people are showing in their inner world and how their emotions work is a sign of maturity.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

The immediate source of a mind... must be a mind which existed before the conception took place; the mind must have a continuity from a previous mind. This we hold to prove the existence of a past life.