My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.

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.

There is no beyond, there is only here, the infinitely small, infinitely great and utterly demanding present.

If we accept time for what it is, how it flows and how we flow with it, I doubt very much that would continue wasting loads of it by constantly checking our watches.

In short, we can only learn from our "betters".

Ignorance

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself.

"That of the person who sees other human beings as sinners," said the Master.

Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can't explain But I faithfully remain.

I have touched more men that I can count. Some with my lips, more with my axe.

You can work hard, do everything that you think is right, but one thing you'll never overcome in life is fate. You can't control fate.

Our job here is to defend freedom.