Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy-Dalai Lama

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.

When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.

An angry people cannot create anything that is not imbued with anger.

We are birthed into sangha, into sacred community. It is called the world.

We need to make sure that we are using technology, and technology is not using us.

Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way.

I’m a word freak. I like words. I’ve always compared writing to music. That’s the way I feel about good paragraphs. When it really works, it’s like music.

If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.

For me marketing is about how to present a project.

I've felt love from certain songs that I've wanted to experience from other people - where I know that love may never happen - and I want to give that to someone else.

Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.