Forgive others, forgive yourself, forgive yourself for not being perfect, and accept responsibility for your own life.

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.

Them Frenchies!’ ‘Unchristian, that’s what I call ’em, ’ responded Mr. Stubbs severely. ‘I fair compassionate that wench.

It's hopeless! Tomorrow there'll be even more books I should have read than there are today.

People tend to think I'm insane, and I'm really tired of it.

May the forests be with you and with your children.

He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable.

Going for refuge to Buddha,Dharma, and Sangha means that we apply effort to receiving Buddha's blessings, to putting Dharma into practice, and to receiving help from Sangha.

I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with a compassionate ear.

I don't know how people box for a living. I don't know how they can just hurt people for a living and be OK with it.

You know you're walking around with a mask on, and you desperately want to take it off and you can't because everybody else thinks it's your face.

Avoidance doesn’t solve anything; it merely serves as a temporary salve.