Our Deepest Need Is For

Activity Is Not Achievement. It Is Not Enough To Rush About Beginning A Lot Of Things And Keeping Busy. A Well-spent Life Is One That Rounds Out What It Has Begun.

We Have No Need To Teach Pure Motives To The Mind. All That Is Necessary To Make The Mind Pure Is To Undo The Negative Conditioning To Which It Has Been Subjected; Then We Will Be Left With Pure, Unconditioned Awareness.

Patience Can't Be Acquired Overnight. It Is Just Like Building Up A Muscle. Every Day You Need To Work On It.

In The Confucian Tradition Is A Simple Formula That Appeals To Me Deeply: 'if There Is Righteousness In The Heart, There Will Be Beauty In The Character. If There Is Beauty In The Character, There Will Be Harmony In The Home. If There Is Harmony In The Home, There Will Be Order In The Nation. If There Is Order In The Nation, There Will Be Peace In The World.' I Urge Everyone To Reflect Deeply On These Words, As Simple As They Are Profound.

International War Is The Sum Total Of Millions Of Individual Wars, Raging In The Minds Of The People, Between What Is Selfish And What Is Selfless. To The Extent That You And I Develop Selflessness In Our Own Hearts, To That Extent We Contribute To Peace In Our Family, Community, Country, And World.