Grasping at things can only yield one of two results: Either the thing you are grasping at disappears, or you yourself disappear. It is only a matter of which occurs first.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

One learns the art of dying by learning the art of living: how to become master of the present moment.

For real happiness, for real lasting stable happiness, one has to make a journey deep within oneself and see that one gets rid of all the unhappiness and misery stored in the deeper levels of the mind.

Discover real peace and harmony within yourself, and naturally this will overflow to benefit others.

I am against conversion (to Buddhism). In my speech at UN, the first thing I said was that I am for conversion, but not from one organised religion to another, but from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation.