Inner disarmament, external disarmament; these must go together, you see. Peace is not just mere absence of violence - genuine peace must start in each individual heart.

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.

I would rather not be engaged. When people are engaged, they begin to think of being married soon, and I should like everything to go on for a long while just as it is.

I listen closely to her breathing getting slower, deeper until her hand settles over my heart, only beating for her. — Duke

If you are thinking of making everyone happy, you are going to be a great prostitute.

Self-love my liege is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.

You know the mind is an astonishing, long-living, erotic thing.

Go forward with new zeal and determination, and through your example shine the light of the gospel in this troubled world.

In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit.

The less you think, the more you believe.

I've always been a true believer that if men had babies, nobody would be trying to tell them what they can and can't do with their bodies.

We worry top-down, but we invest bottom-up