Do not give them a candle to light the way, teach them how to make fire instead. That is the meaning of enlightenment.

Why do you feel so powerless? Go spend an hour with ants. Each of those black specks you see is a life. One whole life that you can save, take, or affect in some way. You have the power to make so many lives better. It is within you. Don’t lose sight of that.

You want help? Ask for help. You want love? Ask for love. If you want anything from the universe, anything from yourself, you must first ask.

If you wait until you find something to speak up for, something that you’re passionate about that concerns you and attacks your own beliefs, then eventually, when the day finally arrives, you might also find that you have forgotten how to speak.

May we always be burdened with thinking of the suffering of others, for that is what it means to be human.

And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own.