I pray for a more friendly, more caring, and more understanding human family on this planet. To all who dislike suffering, who cherish lasting happiness, this is my heartfelt appeal.

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.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

I have to remind the people who put down East Coast surfing that Kelly Slater is from Florida.

Oh, I'm a martyr to music.

I always take my wife morning tea in my pyjamas. But is she grateful? No, she says she'd rather have it in a cup.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

I love to swim, and I love being near water.

I'd rather be No. 2 in Chile and No. 1 in the world.

HIV/AIDS has been a big epidemic for my generation, it's been around for as long as I've been alive.

I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day.

My mom raised me to be clean, so it's in my nature. I have two little girls and I'm married but we've got a nanny and a maid.