Patience is a strength, not a weakness; and if by practicing patience we stop retaliating to harm and criticism, people will gradually come to understand that our real nature is very special

Going for refuge to Buddha,Dharma, and Sangha means that we apply effort to receiving Buddha's blessings, to putting Dharma into practice, and to receiving help from Sangha.

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.

The more we control our mind, the more our inner peace increases and the happier we become

Compassion is a Shepherd, Always tending his herd.

A Temple is one of the best ways of benefiting other living beings - it is the best form of public service.

Love is the real nuclear bomb that destroys all our enemies, because when we love all living beings, we have no enemies.