It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder

Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who'd be kind to me. That's what people really want, if they're telling the truth.

If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.

One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.