If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world.

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.

To help someone, is to understand them

a problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act.

My genre-hopping has caused problems with marketing and sales departments over the years, because they need to know where to position a book with the booksellers.

I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing you want to do is spend more time on the Internet looking at a screen. That's what I hate about all this technology.

What you have carried in your mind about the world is what you will see around the world. What you carry in your mind about your life is what you will see in your life.

The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.

An exotic and irrational entertainment.

So what do you think you're Elvis or something, whatever that don't impress me.

If a parent doesn't want his/her child to read a book then there is always an alternative text to read. But the book banners want to control what every child reads.

Heard you told him that you'd love him 'til the end of time. Now that's the same thing that you told me.