“The modern civilization emphasises physical conveniences and pleasures and it ignores the role of mental processes in attaining happiness as tradition does.”

“In modern society, people mostly do not realise that the lack of mental peace and equanimity could also be the source or cause of suffering.”

“In today’s world, most of the time individual interests always override and come before the interests of the collective.”

“The attitude should be logical where acceptance or rejection of things should be based on analysis and experiments.”