Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all our thoughts and actions

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.

Knowledge is power, power corrupts. Study hard, be evil.

I could just felt the twinge of resentment with her being there, where my mother was supposed to be. What right did she have, to replace that place?

At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go parody, it's not meant to make them look bad... it's meant to be a tribute.

I'm trying to teach people how to live their everyday lives, and so I do focus on it, probably not as much as some people would like.

I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get the same money for cop.

Record stores are great because it's good to physically get your hands on the music instead of downloading. It's always better to get the artwork too.

My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother was very nervous and worried about what people thought. They weren't monsters, but it wasn't a good childhood.

Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.

Of power does Man possess no particle: Of knowledge-just so much as show that still It ends in ignorance on every side.

The divine therapy helps us integrate our animal nature with the new possibilities of rational consciousness.