When, from the depths of your heart, you spontaneously wish all beings to find true, lasting happiness, this is great love.

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.

Education is the seed of thought. If the mind is fertile, it will grow better crops.

Money without meaning is meaningless

When something good happens it's a miracle and you should wonder what God is saving up for you later.

I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification.

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.

How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest.

Americans have discovered fear.

I learned to look up suddenly from a hatch or feeding frenzy and find myself momentarily removed from solid earth. I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself

Off camera, I am not so quiet, I have a fun time, relaxed.