As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.

Human beings are innately loving beings. When we fail to love, it is because an element of ignorance has intruded into our experience, submerging our natural impulse to love.

Maybe we have enough technology to save the planet but it is not enough because the people are not ready.

People kill and are killed because they cling too tightly to their own beliefs and ideologies. When we believe that ours is the only faith that contains the truth, violence and suffering will surely be the result.

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.

Inside every one of us is a garden, and every practitioner has to go back to their garden and take care of it. Maybe in the past, you left in untended for a long time. You should know exactly what is going on in your own garden, and try to put everything in order. Restore the beauty; restore the harmony in your garden. If it is well tended, many people will enjoy your garden.