Peace does not come through prayer, we human beings must create peace.

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.

A writer’s primary goal is to make sense. The bookstore’s is to make cents.

Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body.

The telling of a good story, especially one that is real and true, is always exciting.

There actually isn't anything better than a noble failure. It will always teach you something and you will always learn from the experience.

By the time Talking Heads were starting, my feeling was to throw out everything and start from scratch onstage; strip it down to as close to zero as you can get and then you can make it yours.

Me not showing any emotion is not the best for me. I've tried that. It kind of bottles up, and then at some point explodes.

One becomes more interested in a job of work after the first impulse to drop it has been overcome.

Juicing is the key to a long, healthy, disease-free life.

Pakistan is the most dangerous country on Earth.

Know that a word suddenly shot from the tongue is like an arrow shot from the bow. Son, that arrow won't turn back on its way; you must damn the torrent at its source.