When people say that meditation makes them calm, they are often referring to this stability of the mind. A stable mind creates the foundation for a happier and more contented person.

Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

If you decide to go on a Buddhist path, you have to be careful if you start mixing a lot of different traditions you are not totally familiar with - mixing this kind of meditation with that kind of practice or this kind of visualization with that kind of mantra. Then you really are concocting your own thing, and you have no idea what is going to happen.

If we cut speed and relax with what’s going on in our life right now, kindness and patience will naturally come about.

If you want to be miserable, think of yourself. If you want to be happy, think of others.

We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future.

My books definitely are ambassadors, as you called them. They express what the vision is, what the purpose is.