It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.

If we dedicate a certain amount of time each day to cultivating compassion or any other positive quality, we are likely to attain results, just like when we train the body... Meditation consists of familiarizing ourselves with a new way of being, of managing our thoughts and the way we perceive the world. Through the recent advances in neuroscience it is now possible to evaluate these methods and to verify their impact on the brain and body.

Too much involvement with one's feeling [is destructive]. If they have too much self-centered feelings, they get in trouble.

What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.

While it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.

You're not insensitive or indifferent, but you're also not vulnerable to the upheavals that cause emotional stress because you can buffer that... So that's the result of meditation; you could call that emotional balance.

We have known about the placebo effect for many years. This is a remarkable effect - placebo can cure 30 percent in many cases.