We must distinguish between spirituality in general terms, which aims to make us better people, and religion. Adopting a religion remains optional, but becoming a better human being is essential.

Worries are pointless. If there's a solution, there's no need to worry. If no solution exists, there's no point to worry.

Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.

To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy.

Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be developed. That's what education is about.

The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.

Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

We all have the ability to study the causes of suffering and gradually to free ourselves from them....it is not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.

Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity, it is a state of being.

Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.

Approach a trip as a chance to collect unique experiences, not passport stamps, postcards and snapshots in front of famous monuments.

Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.

We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.

Much of the most important evils that mankind have to consider are those which they inflict upon each other through stupidity or malevolence or both.

Never we sleep, a thug doesn't rest, Cause a wise man said: it was a cousin of death.

I have two questions about Arnold Schwarzenegger. What does he know, and when will he know it?

The smart ones ask when they don't know. And, sometimes, when they do.

I just have a desire not to judge and view things compassionately.

A functioning eco-system is a human need.

Women tend to love men in their presence, while men tend to love women in their absence.