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

We are visitors on this planet. We are here for one hundred years at the very most. During that period we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. if you contribute to other people's happiness, you will find the true meaning of life.

I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.

Where there is a mind, there are feelings such as pain, pleasure, and joy. No sentient being wants pain: all wants happiness instead.

As human beings, we are only able to survive in dependence upon the co-operation, help and kindness of other fellow humans.

The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.

To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and this transformation depends upon meditation. in order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge.