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

The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.

When invitation come, then I inquire just to see new place or seeing just the one sort of family, then not much interest.

Some feel that you lose your independence if you don't let your mind just wander where it wants to, if you try to control it. But that is not the case. If your mind is proceeding in the correct way, one already has the correct opinion. But if your mind is proceeding in an incorrect way, then it's necessary, definitely, to exercise control.

You have to start giving first and expect absolutely nothing.

Anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred are the real troublemakers, with them problems cannot be solved.

In olden times when there was a war, it was a human-to-human confrontation. The victor in battle would directly see the blood and suffering of the defeated enemy. Nowadays, it is much more terrifying because a person in an office can push a button and kill millions of people and never see the human tragedy that he or she has created. The mechanization of war, the mechanization of human conflict, poses an increasing threat to peace.