If we don't understand phenomena, we are more likely to do things to harm ourselves and others.

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.

If your situation is too tough, don´t go back, go forward. You die quicker when you go backward. Die later when you go forward.

Without self-awareness, no changes can be made.

His line was the jocundly-sentimental Wardour Street brand of adventure, told in a style that exactly met, but never exceeded, every expectation.

I have to play every day in order to keep absolute control over my form.

The minorities are sometimes right. The majorities never.

Think the best of each other, especially of those you say you love. Assume the good and doubt the bad.

I just wanted to sing, and I didn't want my music to be unique to the US. I wanted Africans to hear it and know that South African music was still alive.

I think there is a general interest in films that deal with contemporary issues. Constructions of Iran, Islam, the Middle East as well as the U.S. itself are also of interest, it seems.

Oh, I know my family's not of royal blood, but you needn't throw it in my face all the time.

All of us are made up of the stories that we listen to, the ones we disagree with and the ones that we agree with.