The more we express thanks, the more gratitude we feel. The more gratitude we feel, the more we express thanks. It's circular, and it leads to a happier life.

Not everybody can identify a purpose in life. But when you do, and when you pursue it, you will be living the kind of life you feel you were meant to live. And what's more, you will be happy.

But I give best when I give from that deeper place; when I give simply, freely and generously, and sometimes for no particular reason. I give best when I give from my heart.

Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish much. In any relationship, they are the applause that refreshes.

Learn - improve - grow - live. Learn as if you might live forever and you'll live as if you might die tomorrow.

It's true that laughter really is cheap medicine. It's a prescription anyone can afford. And best of all, you can fill it right now.

It's good to remember that success may be just beyond the next failure, and you'll get there, not because you're destined to, but because you're determined to.

Wherever you are, be there. If you can be fully present now, you'll know what it means to live.

Find 100 reasons to laugh. You are bound to feel better, you will cope with problems more effectively and people will enjoy being around you. Besides unhappiness, what do you have to lose?

We don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Only notes that are different can harmonize. The same is true with people.

We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don't have to stay down.

It is a brave man... who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.

I could not possibly be in a relationship now for more than six days. When I was younger, I might have said six months, although I think the longest relationship I was ever in was three years.

Most people die in improvised circumstances of harassment and confusion, whether in hospital or out of it.

Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.

What is good hair? It can be anything to anyone. Good hair is healthy hair, whatever you perceive that to be.

Such partings break the heart they fondly hope to heal.

Prayer is the breath of the new creature.

Anything you need, you tell him and he'll get it for you. If he offends you in any way, let me know and I'll kill him when I get up.