Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually. The Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1989
Scientists have a special responsibility, a moral responsibility, in ensuring that science serves the interests of humanity in the best possible way.
So, if you think only of yourself, only your own happiness, the result is actually less happiness. You get more anxiety, more fear.
Some scientists believe climate change is the cause of unprecedented melting of the North Pole, and that effects these very uncertain weather patterns. I think we should listen to those scientists and experts.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.
The basis of moral principles is to have a real concern for the well-being of others and an appreciation of the oneness of humanity. Whether science or religion is constructive or destructive depends on our motivation and whether we are guided by moral principles.
The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.
The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
The kind of behavior that really is spiritual practice consists of refraining from falsehood and abiding by the truth, neither humiliating nor mocking others, being humble, and having a good heart and helping others.
The moment you develop a sense of concern for others, you realize that, just like ourselves, they also want happiness; they also want satisfaction.
The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.
The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.
The remedy is to look deeper and recognize that we human beings are physically, mentally and emotionally the same.
