Most of us remain strangers to ourselves, hiding who we are, and ask other strangers, hiding who they are, to love us.

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.

Let it be said...that it was our generation that truly made a difference and that it was our guiding lights of love, peace and kindness that helped us.

There’s no such thing as perfection, and even if there were, I think it’d be rather boring.

Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.

This is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding-- it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl.

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.

Is it possible to live in this world without the operation of will?

The hand betrays the heart.

Nobody had faith in me when I got here except my team. That's what carried me through all the transition problems and adjustments and everything.

I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.

You may live in a crowd but you meet God and face eternity alone