I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.

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.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Without a doubt the greatest impediments to our individual well-being and our ability to live a spiritually fulfilling life are our own persistent propensities toward destructive or afflictive emotions.

Love is the absence of judgment.

A study by sociologist Lynn Smith-Lovin had found that the number of close friends people report having has reduced from three to two. While we might have hundreds of Facebook friends, our true, close friends are decreasing. Perhaps most concerning of all, one in ten people said they had no close friendships at all.

However, when the idea that objects inherently exist takes hold, fundamental ignorance has been introduced.