I hold the view that death is rather like changing one's clothes when they are torn and old. It is not an end in itself. Yet death is unpredictable-you do not know when and howT it will take place.

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 cult is a religion with no political power.

Is there any success, without the soundness of mind?

You have to write down what you really want to do in this life and then you have to write down what you have to do every day to achieve the goal

As a servant desireth the approval of his master, and a son the approval of his father, so should we desire the approval of God and our own conscience.

Never lose your childish enthusiasm and things will come your way.

Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.

The fact that somebody does good doesn't make their beliefs true.

Don't come into the presence of God to impress Him with something He gave you!

Welcome. Come on in to me world.

I've had some pretty stimulating conversations about where we are politically as a result of this movie [Snowden], but then there are a lot of questions just about that sensationalism of it.