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

Everything inside and around us wants to reflect itself in us. We don't have to go anywhere to obtain the truth. We only need to be still and things will reveal themselves in the still water of our heart.

During the last 2,500 years in Buddhist monasteries, a system of seven practices of reconciliation has evolved. Although these techniques were formulated to settle disputes within the circle of monks, i think they might also be of use in our households and in our society.The first practice is Face-to-Face-Sitting.

Be angry, it's okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.

Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment.

Tolerance and tranquility are two characteristics of true love.

To abandon the present in order to look for things in the future is to throw away the substance and hold onto the shadow.