Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.

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.

There was a time when our desire for each other would have landed us in an asylum or prison, had it not been sanctioned by mutual assent. True or false.

This is our Country, there is nobody else who is going to come from outside to defend us. We need to wake up and defend ourselves to make this Country a beautiful and better Country for all of us.

Over the past two decades, we have clearly seen an erosion of ethical values.

Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I always wondered who got his horse.

I am vulnerable, starved for kindness. And when I receive it, I lose my mind.

I don't see the point of being an actor and doing the same thing, all the time. Where's the challenge there?

Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.

When I was editor of the Erotic Review I fielded endless phone calls from elderly readers who thought I might like to pop round in my spare time and thrash them

Like Yoga, the spiritual life is actually very difficult.