He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called an ariya.

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.

The historian's rightful task is to distil experience as a medicinal warning for the future generations, not to distil a drug.

Writers are engineers of human souls.

People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.

Advertising is about norms and values, aspirations and prejudices. It is about culture.

Animals, we have been told, are taught by their organs. Yes, I would add, and so are men, but men have this further advantage that they can also teach their organs in return.

Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night.

When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, 'Repent,' he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.

Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.

The ocean is interacting with the surface. There is a possible biosphere that extends from way below the surface to just above the crust.

Many really good films allow us to empathize with other lives.