Individuality is very important for a full human life.

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.

Sometimes the good memories are just as painful as the bad ones.

...having bowed to the inevitability of the dictum that we must eat to live, we should ignore it and live to eat...

It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.

What is it that you most fear hearing about your work?

The human mind is like Van Halen. If you just pull out one piece and keep replacing it, it just degenerates.

We give advice, we do not inspire conduct.

I like playing dark, broody types.

For me, Twitter has given me a direct line to the world - it gave me an opportunity to be like, "This is my voice.

Emotions are the natural substances of the soul ... and when we think we can't handle the emotions, we lose the natural substances of the soul and begin looking for substances to replace the flow.

And it never, ever was interpreted that the Second Amendment meant individual's right to bear arms