Humanity happy, I get benefit. Humanity in state of trouble, or violence, I cannot escape from that.

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.

A clever woman often compromises her husband; a stupid woman only compromises herself.

We all want to explain ourselves. Nobody wants to be forgotten.

The best work usually meets the strongest opposition.

Believe as though you are, and you will be.

The school-boy doesnt force himself to learn his vocabularies and rules altogether at night, but knows that be must impress them again in the morning.

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

What was freely given to me, I freely give.

You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write.

We're Democrats [with my father]. So, of course he would [support me]. Absolutely.

People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.