Once your mind is calm and full of love, there is no room for hatred or fear. Others will trust you because of your open 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.

Institutions train men to be skilled

A widespread meticulous consistency causes a bigger suspicion than the most obvious inconsistency does!

Courage is never letting your actions be influenced by your fears.

You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.

I wrote the novel [Room], and then I thought, "This could work on film, and I want to be the one to do it." So I went ahead and drafted it.

Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child, now comes death.

No one ever said at the end of his days; 'I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul'

A materialistic person is ruthless with other people but kind to himself. A spiritual person is ruthless with himself but kind to everybody else.

There are people who make a hobby of telling others what they can do and what they can't do. I've learnt to not listen to those people.

I have always found the female of the human species many times more difficult to understand than the male.