When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts.

We all have the potential to be better than we are.

To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.

Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury, it is a necessity.

For a practitioner of love and compassion, an enemy is one of the most important teachers. Without an enemy you cannot practice tolerance, and without tolerance you cannot build a sound basis of compassion.

My religion is kindness.

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