We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without.

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 can't be me and I can't be you, so I guess that means we'll have to be ourselves.

He is insatiable in love. His wife is a great cook.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

To have money is to be virtuous, honest, beautiful and witty And to be without is to be ugly and boring and stupid and useless.

Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently

Relationships, not achievements or the acquisition of things, are what matters most in life.

Things are more beautiful when they're obscure.

Who likes not his business, his business likes not him.