Until you have the inner discipline that brings calmness of mind, external facilities and conditions will never bring the joy and happiness you seek. On the other hand, if you possess this inner quality, calmness of mind, a degree of stability within, even if you lack the various external factors that you would normally require to be happy, it will still be possible to live a happy and joyful life.

Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they show a big smile while hiding negative feelings deep inside? Children don�t usually act in such a manner. If they feel angry with someone, they express it, and then it is finished. They can still play with that person the following day.

Meet hostility and suspicion with kindness. Helping others out of love is always the best option.

If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

Warm-heartedne ss and concern for others’ well-being are a condition for happiness, whether you are religious or not.

Only through the development of mutual respect, and in a spirit of truth, can friendship come about. By these means it is possible to move human minds, but never by force.