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My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'education of the heart'.
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and look back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion.
If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness.
Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.
Happiness that depends mainly on physical pleasure is unstable; one day it's there, the next day it may not be.
All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.
When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new.
We must cultivate a universal responsibility toward each other and extend it to the planet that we have to share
It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.
Concern yourselves more with the needs of others, with the needs of all humanity, and you'll have peace of mind.
It is our basic right to be a happy person, happy family, and eventually a happy world. That should be our goal.
Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-al ready-are.
Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.
Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.
Moving towards better rather than moving away from bad is an attitude of embracing life rather than rejecting it.
If you can do something about a situation, why worry? And if you can't do something about a situation, why worry?
I'm nothing special, just an ordinary human being. That's why I always describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk.
A zero itself is nothing, but without a zero you cannot count anything; therefore, a zero is something, yet zero.
Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.
...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.
Sometimes, whether a desire is excessive or negative depends on the circumstances or society in which you live in.
Cultivating inner discipline is something that takes time; expecting rapid results is simply a sign of impatience.
The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life.
Not only is your own happiness and welfare related to others, but the more you help them, the happier you will be.
To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else.
Don't become a Buddhist. The world doesn't need Buddhist. Do practice Compassion. The world needs more compassion.
Compassion should be unbiased and based on the recognition that others have the right to happiness, just like you.
The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.
You are the people who are shaping a better world. One of the secrets of inner peace is the practice of compassion.
Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
The key to human happiness lies within our own state of mind, and so too do the primary obstacles to that happiness.
We are social animals. Others' suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness.
Life can be pleasant or miserable. To lead a fruitful life, and to make it positive, practice analytical meditation.
I think that ethical behaviour is another feature of the kind of inner discipline that leads to a happier existence.
Not only can I not recall my experiences in my previous lives, sometimes I can't even remember what I did yesterday.
A thousand candles can be lit from one candle, however the life of the original candle is not shortened in the least.
The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger.
Despite all philosophical differences, all major world religions have the same potential to create good human beings.
Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone.
Warm-heartedne ss and concern for others’ well-being are a condition for happiness, whether you are religious or not.
If you the owner of the dog, really showing not just food but real affection, then dog very much appreciate. Isn't it?
If your life becomes only a medium of production, then many of the good human values and characteristics will be lost.
Our attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises.
We have never declared war on China. We have only asked them to leave us in peace, to let us have our natural freedom.
If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation
A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility
Unlike an external enemy, the inner enemy cannot regroup and launch a comeback once it has been destroyed from within.
I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness.