“Pain is inevitable,suffering is optional.”

If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

An open heart is an open mind.

If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.

It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.

Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence.

Sometimes when I meet old friends, it reminds me how quickly time passes.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

Wherever you have friends that’s your country, and wherever you receive love, that’s your home.