True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.

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.

You may follow the footstepsThe whole day will passWith you going around in circlesYet not reaching anywhere at last!

Everything comes by being! Be the love you seek. Be the friend you seek. Be the lover you seek. Be the honesty you seek. Be the integrity you seek.

It is not what we choose that is important

The perfect human being is uninteresting. — Joseph Campbell

I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.

I got a safe full of cherries 'cause I pop it and lock it.

I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one. [Sp., Yo, senor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarian motivos para serlo.]

All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful.

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.

We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.