Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts , our words, and our actions.

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

The mind is malleable. Our life can be greatly transformed by even a minimal change in how we manage our thoughts and perceive and interpret the world. Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time.

You can't be at the same time a spiritual master and someone who is always angry. It doesn't work.

Anyone who enjoys inner peace is no more broken by failure as he is inflated by success. He is able to fully live his experiences in the context of a vast and profound serenity, since he understands that experiences are ephemeral and that it is useless to cling to them.

Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others

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