I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

Be a mirror of life. Let everyone see their own astonishing beauty in your mirror.

Books are where the true magic happens.

The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work.

When you are completely free from boundaries, you don't have to have a huge number of material things. You already own something far more precious. You own yourself.

if we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger,pain, and fear. compassion is a great medicine.

That's the ultimate thing I want to do in making music - to be able to inspire somebody else.

Discover this mystery: as you help others face their days, you put life into your own. And life is exactly what many people need.

You were right," said the Master impressed by the neatness of Korovyov's work, "when you said: no documents, no person. So that means I don't exist since I don't have any documents.

You're broke, eh?" I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.

Because the Western civilization is dominated by dualistic thinking, holistic scientists and philosophers don't get the recognition they deserve.