Believe there is good in the world.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

But I can't confront the doubts I have. I can't admit that maybe the past was bad, and so, for the sake of momentum I'm condemning the future to death so it can match the past.

France is revolutionary or she is nothing at all. The revolution of1789 is her political religion.

I guess I look so straight and normal nobody expects me to pick my nose and fall.

Spend everyday casual, but industrious Every moment alert, but relaxed.

The elasticity of imagination and compassion is what writing and reading promote.

What matters are those ordinary acts of kindness and of love, not vaulting ambition with its attendant hubris and smugness.

I would say that my mother is the single biggest role model in my life, but that term doesn't seem to encompass enough when I use it about her. She was the love of my life.

So the floodgates open, but nothing comes out. I’m feeling no relief in my head, just doubt. But my heart keeps telling me, 'hold your ground. You’ll never learn a thing if you bail out now.

My philosophy? Have a laugh for as long as you can and don't get run over. Or stabbed.

I can't promise that I won't continue to embarrass people.