When we cling to pain, we end up punishing ourselves.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

Beauty is the illumination of your soul.

A school bell that sounds annoying at 8:00am sounds exciting at 4:00pm ....it is a matter of time, you will get there.

Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography.

That's why I've gotten so much experience at my age. You have three teachers next to you every game, and if I'm not playing, I'm watching baseball. You pick up little things here and there.

Genndy [Tartakovsky] is so good at directing and so wonderful with animation.

Falling out of a posture means you are human; getting back into the posture means you are a yogi.

No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own.

The tablet market has only succeeded as a niche market over the years and it was hoped Apple would dream up some new paradigm to change all that. From what I've seen and heard, this won't be it.

It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.

Character is the glue that bonds solid and meaningful relationships