Real love is not based on attachment, but on altruism. In this case, your compassion will remain as a humane response to suffering as long as beings continue to suffer.

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.

I like beautiful writing, pain, unexpected humor, and the message that, at the last second, people are going to be kind to each other. It almost doesn't matter what the genre is.

Dulwich College takes me back after seventy years: My Mum must have written one hell of a sick note!

If you come back in here, I'm gonna hit you with so many rights, you're gonna beg for a left.

Common sense is almost as omniscient as God.

Hope that, in future, all is well, everyone eats free, no one must work, all just sit around feeling love for one another.

The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them.

My reputation will always precede me to the day I die. For some people, that probably can't be quickly enough.

If I wanted to do wrong, I could not.

It is like the man who became short-sighted and refused to wear glasses, saying there was nothing wrong with him, but that the trouble was that the recent papers were so badly printed.

I know I will never let myself be complacent in life.