A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.

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 be anywhere you want in the world, meet different people and learn more than a hundred things in a matter of minutes… all you have to do is READ!

No matter how much I think, no matter how much I try, I can't fill this void of loneliness in my heart.

Now I realize what I've known all along, that this ability, or this gift, rather, comes at a cost. It always has.

I often wonder, if those that smile the most, are the most saddest people in the world.

Life is the sum of your choices.

I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it was my first big win at the Olympics.

Great men's honor ought always to be measured by the methods they made use of in attaining it.

At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.

If you're an economist and you're asked to predict what something is going to be like 50 years from now? It's going to be guesswork.