In times of emergency we can discover many ways to protect ourselves or others. But then, why wait till an emergency before we do that? If we first think, we will not encounter that kind of situation! But it is understandable if an emergency is unavoidable. There is nothing wrong with us; our brains are not out of order. Why don't we use them? There must be a way! There must be a way! Day by day we can solve those so-called unsolvable problems. There is nothing that cannot be solved. Right? Besides, because we practice, circumstances will become better. It will naturally improve.
Because I have many disciples, and everyone asks for different things, that's, perhaps, why I have to be good in all aspects. This is how the situation is. It is not that I was any better than you in the beginning. Do you understand? It is because I want myself to be good. When I face a situation, I work out a way to deal with it. Then I become good! Therefore, you too can do it. Do not be beaten by obstacles or suffering. Perhaps we don't know how to react today; we have been beaten and we are in shock a little bit. Then, we should continue tomorrow. One day we will be okay!
Why is it that life is not very good for most of the people in this world? It is because they do not have any ideas or their ideas are not right. Some want to be a boss, but they don't know how to be one so their business is not good. It is all because they do not know how to make decisions. Some people do not like to decide for themselves. They don't trust themselves. All through their lives they depend on other people. Neither of these cases is good. Do you understand? We have to find a solution. If the situation is like this, we shall change it whenever we can think of a way. If we have tried our best and still cannot change it, then we shall see. We still need to put in our best effort. Otherwise, this world will become worse and worse. If even spiritual practitioners cannot come out with solutions to correct a situation, then what can other people do?
~Spoken by Supreme Ching Hai at Tien Shan Center in Hong Kong
(Originally in Chinese)

Remember that we are always together. We are cheated by the concept of time and space, that's all. Actually the space is also together, you can not separate space. So, we are in the same space even. So, what is the problem? Time is only a kind of illusion. When you sleep you don't know time. And when you are happy, time flows very fast. When you are miserable, time drags very slowly. Why? It's all conception, preconception, it's all an illusion.
The only obstacle, the greatest obstacle in our life is our own ignorance. When we are too proud of our achievement of position, or intellectual garbage, we are also classified as ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of everything, understand? If we are enlightened, we don't think that way. So, make sure you check your mental health, and go over your eating habits, thinking habits, thinking diet, and reacting diet. Make sure nothing is too extreme. Too much mental exercise, too much intellectual gymnastics also exhausts you; and you have no more energy for enlightenment.
~Spoken by Supreme Ching Hai at San Di Men in Pingtung, Formosa
(Originally in English)

After we know the Quan Yin Method, we regain the universe. And our soul knows that now we regain it. So, it's satisfied. That's why after practicing the Quan Yin Method, we do not feel like wanting material things so much. And after practicing some more, we don't even care to become Buddha or become God. Because inside we know we are Buddha, we're God. The wisdom, the real self knows, not the brain, but the real master inside. Therefore we become happier and more content. So, that's the secret.
If we know we are virtuous people, God-loving people, then we believe that God will arrange everything for us according to our worthiness. So we don't have to ask for anything. But because sometimes our level is not so high, so we say we pray for something, or we pray for somebody else, not for ourselves, hoping that our sincerity will also help them to awaken themselves and help themselves.
~Spoken by Supreme Ching Hai at a Group Meditation in Seoul, Korea.
(Originally in English)