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"If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements."
"The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness."
"If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace."
"We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others’ generosity to meanness. And who is there among us who does not prefer tolerance, respect and forgiveness of our failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment?"
"However capable and skillful an individual may be, left alone, he or she will not survive. When we are sick or very young or very old, we must depend on the support of others. There is no significant division between us and other people, because our basic natures are the same. If we wish to ensure everyone's peace and happiness, we need to cultivate a healthy respect for the diversity of our peoples and cultures, founded on an understanding of this fundamental sameness of all human beings."
"Education is the best way to train ourselves that we will secure our own well-being by concerning ourselves with others. It is possible to create a better world, a more compassionate, more peaceful world, which is not only in everyone’s interest, but is everyone’s responsibility to achieve."
"In daily practice, reflect on the benefits of love, compassion and kindness, then reflect on the disadvantages of anger. Such continuous contemplation, the growing appreciation of love, has the effect of reducing our inclination towards hatred and increasing our respect for love. By this means even anger can be diminished."
"Peace of mind is the basis of a healthy body and a healthy mind; so peace of mind, a calm mind, is very, very important."
"You must not procrastinate. Rather, you should make preparations so that even if you did die tonight, you would have no regrets. If you develop an appreciation for the uncertainty and imminence of death, your sense of the importance of using your time wisely will get stronger and stronger."
"The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world."
"World peace begins with inner peace."
"If you become more concerned for the welfare of others, you will experience a sense of calm, inner-strength, and self confidence."
"Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength."
"You can develop the right attitude toward others if you have kindness, love and respect for them, and a clear realization of the oneness of all human beings."
"Consciousness will always be present, though a particular consciousness may cease. For example, the particular tactile consciousness that is present within this human body will cease when the body comes to an end. Likewise, consciousnesses that are influenced by ignorance, by anger or by attachment, these too will cease. But the basic, ultimate, innermost subtle consciousness will always remain. It has no beginning, and it will have not end."
"The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger."
"The key to human happiness lies within our own state of mind, and so too do the primary obstacles to that happiness."
"When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life."
"The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful in developing a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood; a warm feeling of love and compassion for others."
"In this century we have made remarkable material progress, but basically we are the same as we were thousands of years ago. Our spiritual needs are still very great."