Tibet is not like Kuwait. Kuwait has oil.

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 don’t do metaphysics. Neither do I have the luxury to talk about my beliefs.

I want to need you.

i do it for the joy it brings because i'm a joyful girl because the world owes me nothing and we owe each other the world

Sometimes I look back and think, "How did I write that? The book is smarter than I am!" I have never written strategically, but rather, followed the dictates of my muse.

Bliss in possession will not last; Remembered joys are never past.

It's just as important to marry the right life as the right person.

When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand in for that waiting.

In life the only thing that you can expect is the unexpected; the only surprise is a day that has none.

It is the restrictions placed on vice by our social code which makes its pursuit so peculiarly agreeable.

I think that's the most important thing you can do to be a real person - is to be honest with yourself.