As far as ignorance is concerned, not just Buddhism, every religion recognizes it as the source of suffering.

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.

Virtue, should there be anyone who still ignores the fact, always finds pitfalls on the extremely difficult path of perfection, but sin and vice are so favoured by fortune...

It is a good thing to be rich it is a good thing to be strong but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.

People discover that by helping others, even when they themselves are suffering, they end up improving their own lives.

Tito Santana is like a cue-ball. The more you strike him, the more english you get out of him.

I would definitely line up for 'The Lord of the Rings.' I'm a huge 'Lord of the Rings' geek.

I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.

Whoever said "It's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game" is full of it! Winning makes all the difference in the world. Winning is fun. Losing is not. Losing sucks.

Writing is very much like bricklaying. You learn to put one brick on top of another and spread the mortar so thick.

A talent for speaking differently, rather than for arguing well is the chief instrument of cultural change.

When You're young, you get sad, and you get high.