We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

If you have only education and knowledge and a lack of the other side, then you may not be a happy person, but a person of mental unrest, of frustration. Not only that, but if you combine these two, your whole life will be a constructive and happy life. And certainly you can make immense benefit for society and the betterment of humanity. That is one of my fundamental beliefs: that a good heart, a warm heart, a compassionate heart, is still teachable.

True change is within; leave the outside as it is.

My own share making contribution [to the the well-being of humanity]. So I never feel I am something special.

Reincarnation is not an exclusively Hindu or Buddhist concept, but it is part of the history of human origin. It is proof of the mindstream's capacity to retain knowledge of physical and mental activities. It is related to the theory of interdependent origination and to the law of cause and effect.

A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation.

Despite all philosophical differences, all major world religions have the same potential to create good human beings.