The Point Of Life Is Happiness.

All Religions Try To Benefit People, With The Same Basic Message Of The Need For Love And Compassion, For Justice And Honesty, For Contentment. So Merely Changing Formal Religious Affiliations Will Often Not Help Much. On The Other Hand, In Pluralistic, Democratic Societies, There Is The Freedom To Adopt The Religion Of Your Choice. This Is Good. This Lets Curious People Like You Run Around On The Loose!

I Am Confident That The Next Century Will Be Better Than This One.

There Is No Denying That Consideration Of Others Is Worthwhile And That Our Happiness Is Inextricably Bound Up With The Happiness Of Others. There Is No Denying That If Society Suffers, We Ourselves Suffer, And The More Our Hearts And Minds Are Afflicted With Ill-will, The More Miserable We Become. We Can Reject Religion, Ideology, Received Wisdom, But We Cannot Escape The Need For Love And Compassion.

Nonviolence Is The Only Way. Even If You Achieve Your Goal By Violent Means There Are Always Side Effects, And These Can Be Worse Than The Problem. Violence Is Against Human Nature.

Everybody Wants A Happy Life And A Peaceful Mind, But We Have To Produce Peace Of Mind Through Our Own Practice.