Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful

I offer no apologies to those whom I may have rendered uncomfortable with my open and honest assertions. The truth is often harsh and uncomfortable to embrace.

Act like you care. Pray like you care. Speak, smile, reach out, and live like you care.  The point is to make sure those in your life know beyond doubt that you do care.

Because I was conceived and born and I grew up. I'm breathing and my heart is beating and as much as it hurts ― as much searing, monumental pain it causes me ― I have to exist.

The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.

When an artist deserts to the side of the angels, it is the most odious of treasons.

Anyone can squash a bug but all professors of this world couldn't build one.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire, the United Nations is a disunited collection of regimes, many of which do not represent the nations they govern.

After 'The Blues Brothers,' I wanted to do a good musical number with real dancers and shoot it correctly.

You never know where you're going to find a great actor.

You never know what someone is dealing with behind closed doors. You only know what you see or what you think you see.