When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.

Initially, you have to live a period where you are developing your attitude. I would consider that a meditation: determining what you want to do. You have a period where you meditate and you get the strength.

Caring for others is the basis of worldly success.

Many people think spirituality has nothing to do with success or accomplishing - that it's something you do with removal, with leaving the world.

True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish.

I think Shambhala can be a very strong force as a social example of how you can try to live a life balanced in terms of both the spiritual and the secular.

Sometimes it seems like most people are being pulled into a negative energy, but then you meet strong individuals or strong leaders and they are free from it.