Along with selfishness, anger is one of the most serious problems facing the world today

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.

The attractive power of love is intensified proportional to the intensity of thoughts, perception of duration, and the perceived distance.

Fiction cannot betray the truth. Though it must try, " Ernest Hemingway in "Blast".

With some stories, you really can't rush things. And it's often best just to sit back and enjoy the journey for what it is.

So the real question remains whether every problem is worth fixing. The answer to that is no.

The only way to shut people up is just by winning and just playing basketball.

I don't micromanage the interiors. People ask me to and I say no. I don't want to control everything.

I never wish for critics.

To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.

I consider anybody a twerp who hasn't read the greatest American short story, which is 'Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' by Ambrose Bierce.

I'm never going to write a whole paragraph describing what a living room looks like.