By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, Gratitude — the Secret of Life.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

My music is the spiritual expression of what I am - my faith, my knowledge, my being.

People have too many problems during the day; they don't want to think.

'Help' is a prayer that is always answered.

Prayer steadies one when he is walking in slippery places - even if things asked for are not given.

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I dont understand why this happens in the movie industry.

How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.

I wanted to tell her not to entertain despair like this. Despaire wasn't a guest, you didn't play its favorite music, find it a comfortable chair. Despair was the enemy." -white oleander

Look inside, without anyone else's validation understand that you are valuable, talented, unique, and worthy.

Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.

People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.