It is the foregiver who is freed in foregiving.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions.

All new learning looks at first like chaos.

People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your mind.

And Finally I put down the last and the best advice I knew, on growing older. 'Stand up straight and try not to get fat.

I don't know when the end of the world is, but there are people that I speak to every night, the end of their world could be tomorrow because we don't know when life will end.

The movements of a great nation are connected in all their parts. If errors have been committed they ought to be corrected; if the policy is sound it ought to be supported.

If you’re not eating the right foods in the right amounts, all the exercise in the world won’t combat the caloric intake.

I figured out something spiritual. Billboard this: 'Life is supposed to be fun!'

In any situation you can think of, impatience is a source of weakness and fear, while patience represents substance and strength.

I love children. They're so much fun and I would have a blast spoiling them.