Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success

Worries are pointless. If there's a solution, there's no need to worry. If no solution exists, there's no point to worry.

Whatever you train, you change your brain.

Knowledge does not mean mastering a great quantity of different information, but understanding the nature of mind. This knowledge can penetrate each one of our thoughts and illuminate each one of our perceptions.

A big part of pain is the subjective reaction of trying to revolt against pain. If it's there, it's better to deal with it. Most of it is "I cannot stand it," and that component is enhancing pain so much.

I don't often get into a bad mood, since it does not help anything and clouds my judgment, but I can certainly see that sometimes things go terribly wrong. We need to understand the reasons for this and work towards building new conditions that will bring about better circumstances.

Meditation is about cultivating constructive emotions, like altruism, compassion.