Issue 331
- I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed.
- If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
- All major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.
- Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt.
- Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility.
- Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.
- Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
- From the moment of birth every human being wants happiness and freedom and wants to avoid suffering. In this we are all the same; and the more we care for the happiness of others the greater our own sense of each other becomes.
- Because we all share this small planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity.
- Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or from a computer.