To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy.

I would not be happy if I could not become a monk. They call it the beginner's mind - the deep intention, the deepest desire that a person may have. And I can say that until this day, this beginner's mind is still alive in me.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.

We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we will see our own minds - our own prejudices, fears, and ignorance.

Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit.

Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.