I only escaped from Tibet because I feared my people would resort to desperate violence if the Chinese took me as their prisoner.

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.

Love has never been conquered, not even by the greatest army.

The next morning I was up bright and early. Mostly because I'd sold the curtains.

No marriage is "too dead" for the Lord to restore.

I'm ginger, so it's hard to rate me

Foreign policy is conducted for the convenience and enjoyment of people in Washington.

I've forgotten lines all the time. Sometimes I switch verses in a song. It's just hard not to when you're doing the same thing all the time.

Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch their judgments, such as they are.

I do like to be surprised.

To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.

Our efficiency without God's sufficiency is only a deficiency.