Sometimes, whether a desire is excessive or negative depends on the circumstances or society in which you live in.

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 came to pen another poem for you, but even every unwritten poem is you.

Because this is what I believe - that second chances are stronger than secrets. You can let secrets go. But a second chance? You don't let that pass you by.

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

A conviction akin to religious feeling of the rationality or intelligibility of the world lies behind all scientific work of a high order.

I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.

You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long, time.

The only art form that Americans have created that's recognized around the world is jazz music born in a community that had the peculiar experience of being unfree in a free land.

The drugstore is a wonderful place to see all manner of ailments.

Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Samskrit learning.

Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications.