There is no need for temples, no need forcomplicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophie is kindness.

Don't use Buddhism to become a Buddhist. Use Buddhism to become better at whatever else in your life you are doing already.

The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.

The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.

If you can cultivate the right attitude, your enemies are your best spiritual teachers because their presence provides you with the opportunity to enhance and develop tolerance, patience and understanding.

Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.

Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.