"I like romantic atmosphere. Romantic doesn't mean only the loving atmosphere between two people, like a man and woman. Romantic is something that is very sacred, very noble, very poetic in the air, which we ourselves generate from within our heart when we feel very loving, very peaceful, very kind, very gentle, and we feel so good about everything about everyone around us. And we walk slowly, we talk gently, we think very, very nobly and poetically. That is what I called romantic atmosphere."

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Youngdong Center, Korea
May 6, 1998 (Originally in English)