In our own case, we don't consider the loss of a monastery or a monument the end of our entire way of life. If one monastery is destroyed, sometimes it happens.

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.

Calligraphy is an art form that uses ink and a brush to express the very souls of words on paper.

Which one is more true -- unity in diversity of culture or diversity in unity of religion!

On inspection, Gaudi's architecture isn't whimsical at all.

Any old woman can love God better than a doctor of theology can.

He wanted to fly in lightweight contraptions with her.

I'm really a very fifties housewife.

I do not much care for nature, and believe that flowers belong in vases rather than loose and untidy on the ground.

I pretty much operate on adrenaline and ignorance.

Painting seems like impossibility, with only a sign now and then of its own light.

I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.