If the extension of your compassion does not include all living beings, then you will be unable to find peace by yourself.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, Gratitude — the Secret of Life.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

People don't like him (John Poindexter) for the same reason they don't like me…If you get things done in this bureaucracy you step on toes.

You cannot pour from an empty bottle so take care of yourself first.

it {romantic love} really isn't about two people who have fallen madly for each other

Criminal: a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

God's strength makes us strong; His comfort comforts us. With Him, we no longer run; we rest.

Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had.

What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.

It's great to be mean, it is, it's fun.

Each time I had an internship to do or an essay to write, I would always do it in the field of cinema. Nobody in my family worked in film and nobody could understand it.