Children are our greatest untapped resource.

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.

Maybe that was the secret to happiness, I thought, being free of the responsibility of yourself.

Only your mind can produce fear.

If you choose, you can influence every aspect of your brain, and therefore every aspect of your life.

Nothing stimulates the practiced cook's imagination like an egg.

Sometimes I wonder if the lessons in life will ever stop but then why would you want to remain ignorant?

Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy.

There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.

Was there nought better than to enjoy? No feat which, done, would make time break, And let us pent-up creatures through Into eternity, our due? No forcing earth teach heaven's employ?

Never raise your hand menacingly, but only in a friendly gesture!

High school – those are your prime suffering years. They don’t get better suffering than that.