Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.

In the Confucian tradition is a simple formula that appeals to me deeply: 'If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.' I urge everyone to reflect deeply on these words, as simple as they are profound.

We become in part what our senses take in.

International war is the sum total of millions of individual wars, raging in the minds of the people, between what is selfish and what is selfless. To the extent that you and I develop selflessness in our own hearts, to that extent we contribute to peace in our family, community, country, and world.

Everything beautiful has to be worked for.

Whatever we have done, we can always make amends for it without ever looking back in guilt or sorrow.

The spiritual life is a call to action. But it is a call to ... action without any selfish attachment to the results.