As far as possible, everyone in the family should eat together.

Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.

Most people are concerned only with what they can get from the world, but it is what we are able to give to others that determines the quality of our life

When humanity serves Nature, Nature serves humanity. When we serve animals and plants, they too serve us in return.

Make a firm decision: 'Whatever happens, I will be happy. I will be strong. God is always with me.'

Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.

Learn to be thankful to everyone, to the entire creation, even to your enemy and also to those who insult, because they all help you to grow

Our attitude should be: Whatever happens I will remain strong, courageous and happy.

Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?

Don't be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.

Those that have an attitude of service towards others are the beauty of society.

Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim.

Your writing", she said to me, "it's so raw. It's like a sledgehammer, and yet it has humor and tenderness. . . .

The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery.

It will always be a fact that the woman is the person one idealizes, also the person who wishes his idealization.

I won't lie to you, fatherhood isn't easy like motherhood.

This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke?

And what he meant was that maths wasn't like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things-trout as well as eternal salvation-come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.

All methods and techniques - and of course all human beings who propound them - are merely instruments to help the student obtain a methodless, technique-free, teacherless state.

It was just hilarious how my first reaction was, "Oh, no, it's another vampire show. I'm not interested." And then, I read the script and thought it was brilliant.