My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

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.

History is us squinting into the past, mistaking millions of tiny vibrations in all directions for unified, unidirectional movements by entire civilizations.

If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground.

May you find comfort and peace in every situation.

Everyone has something to think about everyday, but it is not everyone who thinks about something everyday. And that is the difference

Was there a language of loss? Did everyone who suffered speak a different dialect?

If the sale of flesh could be made as easily as the sale of spiritual exemption, the prescience of a dedicated businessman might be well preserved.

emotion is first of all and in principle an accident

Things are always harder than you think they're going to be.

I put my films together in Europe and it kick-starts the financing when I'm attached as an actress. It makes it easier to move forward.

Play it cool, that's the old school rule man.