"Out of meditation, whenever we see or remember any living being, human or animal, we mentally pray: 'May they be happy all the time. May they attain the happiness of enlightenment.' By constantly thinking like this, we can maintain wishing love day and night, even during sleep." -Transform Your Life, p. 189 

"A human life has almost limitless potential, but we shall be able to realize this potential only if we first learn to appreciate. it. Therefore we need to reflect again and again on the special opportunity we now have." Introduction to Buddhism, p. 31