Instead of harboring fear and suspicion we need to think of other people not as ‘them’ but ‘us’.

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 have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.

Lawful good to lawful evil!" said Simon, pleased."He's quoting Dungeons and Dragons, " said Clary. "Ignore him.

We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases

The tricky part of any lie is trying to figure out how you'd behave if you were innocent.

I don't know why, but Putin has made a ritual out of humiliating Medvedev. Sometimes I even feel sorry for the prime minister.

The sensation of falling was the worst part.

The world of employer and employee, like that of master and slave, debases both.

It is a little bit science project-y sometimes, and we talk about it that way.

I really would love to play a hannibal lector or PSYCO type character.

The possession of a camera can inspire something akin to lust. And like all credible forms of lust, it cannot be satisfied.