Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives.

Worries are pointless. If there's a solution, there's no need to worry. If no solution exists, there's no point to worry.

Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.

To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy.

Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be developed. That's what education is about.

The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.

Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

We all have the ability to study the causes of suffering and gradually to free ourselves from them....it is not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.

Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity, it is a state of being.

Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.

Love is the strength of the spirit.

May the radiance of what you love, reflect in whatever you do.

Those who preach god, need god Those who preach peace do not have peace Those who preach love do not have love

I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.

People in China say: 'If you love your children, send them to New York. If you hate your children, also send them to New York.

The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

Sometimes you don't get but one mistake, if the one you pick is bad enough.

Lasting happiness starts with one question...what can I celebrate?

Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.

Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.