The words of the Buddha offer this truth: ∼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.

We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.

No amount of outer technology, no amount of computers and biotechnology and nanotechnology is going to stop the continuation of warfare and racism and environmental destruction. What's called for on the Earth at this time is really a change of heart ... the question is really not the future of humanity, but the presence of eternity.

The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.

No one knows how this world came into being. It is a creation of consciousness itself. It's extraordinary, a mystery.

Yes, there are troubles in the world. There's war and hatred, there's sickness and difficulty. And there is also an undying spirit, an inviolable consciousness that is born in each of us. It is who we are, and it's everything and it's nothing.

When we feel anger toward someone, we can consider that they are a being just like us, who has faced much suffering in life.