Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.

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.

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

At least I can say that I'm honest.

In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice.

Our world is constantly in change and the great change is always toward freedom. When we speak of freedom we speak of equality. Nations will rise and fall but equality remains the ideal.

Showing a profit means touching something and leaving it better than you found it.

Who is respectable when thinking himself alone and free from observation will be so before the eye of all the world.

One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn't leave. Especially when we were out at sea.

Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds.

You are who you are, whether you like it or not, so why not like it?

You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength