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

A simple smile. That's the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others.

Genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun.

All religions are essentially the same in their goal of developing a good human heart so that we may become better human beings.

Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

The proper way to create friends is to have a warm heart, not simply money or power. The friend of power and the friend of money are something different.

Inner disarmament, external disarmament; these must go together, you see. Peace is not just mere absence of violence - genuine peace must start in each individual heart.

Ultimately, the decision to save the environment must come from the human heart. The key point is a call for a genuine sense of universal responsibility that is based on love, compassion and clear awareness.

It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.