Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.

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 you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgementon what words conceal?

...theology waits as it works. It waits for its lungs again to be filled. Without the renewing breath of the Spirit it cannot speak.

The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting something down on paper.

One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.

Housework, if you do it right, will kill you.

I think the most important thing is to start with something that fits perfectly. Don't worry about having it in five colors.

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.

Right now I'm still only 25 and I don't think the maternal bug has hit me yet

American society has a remarkable ability to resist change, or to take whatever change has taken place and attempt to make it go away.

It was Saturday night and I was feelin kinda funny, Gold around my neck, pockets full of money.