Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them.

Certain teachers have tremendous amounts of experience. They are articulate, and they give wonderful discourse. But at some point along the road, they themselves learned from and studied a book.

As the conceptual, material world increases its hold on us, and inanimate objects become more lifelike, we humans must become more human. Open hearts, kindness and care-these are our most precious gifts.

In a speedy and aggressive culture, we need different principles to live by-bravery and insight. The first moment of bravery is building trust in the mind, which we do in meditation. When we know how to create peace in our own mind, we can transform the world.

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

Each of us holds human destiny in our hands. It will be completely determined by how the mind feels about itself.

To shift the direction of our planet, we must now be willing to experiment with the theory that within the speed and stress, we are good.