A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy-Dalai Lama

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.

Does this mean that in some places I'm American and in some places I'm African American and in other places, by logical extension, I'm nobody?

Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.

No fate holds more splendour for an artist, than the one which greets his effort with such enthousiasm!

I don't do acid anymore, so I travel instead.

There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.

Just as a salesperson is never extreme or original or overdressed, so the TV retailers never do anything to distract their audiences from the real product, the commercial.

Teach us to pray often, that we may pray oftener.

I have to take off my hat to Matt, he's trying crazy hard to get this fire started.

It is all we have left to us. And while it is more than I ever dared dream, it is nowhere near enough.