Refraining from harm, not out of fear, but out of concern for others, their well-being and out of respect is non-violence.

Giving up attachment to the world does not mean that you set yourself apart from it. Generating a desire for others to be happy increases your humanity. As you become less attached to the world, you become more humane. As the very purpose of spiritual practice is to help others, you must remain in society.

If you utilize obstacles properly, then they strengthen your courage, and they also give you more intelligence, more wisdom.

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.

We need to find secular ways to cultivate warm-heartedness. We need secular ways to educate ourselves about inner values. The source of a happy life is within us. Trouble makers in many parts of the world are often quite well educated, so it is not just education that we need. We need to pay attention to inner values.

A calm mind is good for our physical health, but it also enables us to see things more realistically.

World economies are always so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something we can always carry with us.