Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct.
The more we feel concern for others and seek their well-being, the more friends we will have and the more welcome we will feel.
The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through human effort, understanding and the development of a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.
We are driven by self-interest, it’s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others’ interests into account. Co-operation comes from friendship, friendship comes from trust, and trust comes from kind-heartedness. Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.
The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.
True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.
A simple smile. That's the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others.
Nothing sorts out memories from ordinary moments. It is only later that they claim remembrance, when they show their scars.
I like to believe that rather than destroy icons, I make new ones.
It's more important to be righteous than to be right.
Who is able to paint the existence of a dog as Picasso paints the existence of a cubic shape?