“My reflection is a blur; I can barely see, still that question unanswered, who is that person I call "me"?”

“You watch and see!”

“If you do not know how to laugh at yourself, you do not know how to live life.”

“If you have only education and knowledge and a lack of the other side, then you may not be a happy person, but a person of mental unrest, of frustration. Not only that, but if you combine these two, your whole life will be a constructive and happy life. And certainly you can make immense benefit for society and the betterment of humanity. That is one of my fundamental beliefs: that a good heart, a warm heart, a compassionate heart, is still teachable.”

“The essence of any religion is good heart. Sometimes I call love and compassion a universal religion. This is my religion.”

“Every single being, even those who are hostile to us, is just as afraid of suffering as we are, and seeks happiness in the same way we do. Every person has the same right as we do to be happy and not to suffer. So let's take care of others wholeheartedly, of both our friends and our enemies. This is the basis for true compassion.”

“We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.”