Sleep is the best meditation.
Good human qualities-honesty, sincerity, a good heart-cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced my machines, but only by the mind itself. We can call this the inner light, or God's blessing, or human qualitity. This is the essence of mankind.
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.
I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes. After all, man can live without meat. It is only some carnivorous animals that have to subsist on flesh. Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventures, and for hides and furs is a phenomenon which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification in indulging in such acts of brutality . . . Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not to die, so do other creatures.
When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.
One can be deceived by three types of laziness: of indolence, which is the wish to procrastinate; the laziness of inferiority, which is doubting your capabilities; and the laziness that is attachment to negative actions, or putting great effort into non-virtue.
Because the twentieth century was a century of violence, let us make the twenty-first a century of dialogue.
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind
Change only takes place through action, not through meditation and prayer.
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
Happiness is the highest form of health.
Blessings don’t come from outside, but from within. Whatever blessings we receive are the result of our own efforts and positive actions.
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions of your own mind, that is, in terms of calming and eventually dispelling anger. This is action out of compassion. The other is more social, more public. When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefitting others, one needs to be engaged, involved.
Don't use Buddhism to become a Buddhist. Use Buddhism to become better at whatever else in your life you are doing already.
Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when we can take it for granted that children will learn, as part of the curriculum, the indispensability of inner values: love, compassion, justice, and forgiveness.
It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty.
So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others.
The more we think of others, the happier we are. The more we think of ourselves, the more suffering we feel.
I don't take myself too seriously! That makes me happy.
Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.
Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
If we looked down at the world from space, we would not see any demarcations of national boundaries. We would simply see one small planet, just one.
If you can do something about a situation, why worry? And if you can't do something about a situation, why worry?
"Rulers come and go. It's the people who are the real rulers of the country."
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