Love is the great protector, protecting us from anger and jealousy.

As Shantideva says, suffering has many good qualities because it purifies our negative karma, increases our renunciation and compassion, reduces our pride, and helps us to overcome our bad mental habits. If we think in this way we will feel that difficult circumstances are our best friends. When our mind is balanced in this way it becomes as stable as Mount Meru, and nothing can cause it to shake.

We are all interconnected in a web of kindness from which it is impossible to separate ourself.

Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.

We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake.

We know that we are happy when our mind is peaceful, and unhappy when it is not. It is therefore clear that our happiness depends upon our having a peaceful mind and not on good external conditions. Even if our external conditions are poor, if we maintain a peaceful mind all the time we shall always be happy.

The more we want certain situations, the more we find ourself stuck in situations we do not want.