If the people who hurt us have anger or desperation within them then they suffer. When you see that someone suffers, you might be motivated by a desire to help him not to suffer anymore.

To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living things with the eyes of compassion.

One day I saw a picture of the Buddha on a Buddhist magazine and he was sitting on the grass, and he was sitting on the grass, very peaceful, smiling, and I was impressed. Around me people were not like that, so I had the desire to be someone like him. I nourished that kind of desire until the age of sixteen, when I had the permission from my parents to go and ordain as a Buddhist monk.

There are some people who eat an orange but don't really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future.

Wherever we are we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other and the wonder of our breathing.

We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet.

If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy.