Attention-yes! That's present! And present, you see, makes past and future.

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.

Remain humble in your journey as an author and your audience will embrace you. Remain grateful for every publicity opportunity that comes your way, and the media will embrace you.

I have heard with admiring submission the experience of the lady who declared that the sense of being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow.

If a man should wanton walk with crime ... he shall find in death no great deliverance.

Maybe I should drive a hybrid. I do have a shirt that says, 'Go Green.'

Wisdom is essential in a president, the appearance of wisdom will do in a candidate.

A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy.

Did a man really walk on the moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered.

The Irish are never at peace but when they're fighting.

I try not to have regrets and to learn from every experience.

I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.