Peace in the world depends on our relating to each other with compassion.

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

You were born to be real, not to be perfect. You are here to be you, not to live someone else's life.

Wisdom is the best gift you can ever build. It gets you to unimagined heights and knowledge follows it.

I know that I do not know, and uncertainty, certainly, is the cruelest of words.

Earn Nicely, spend wisely and you will live happily.

Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.

By learning to be more warm-hearted we can create a more compassionate world.

Hope lies in what action we take.

It is in the nature of the mind that the more we cultivate and familiarize ourselves with positive emotions, the more powerful they become.

The future can be different if we choose to make it so.

Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt.

The highest value in life is found in the stewardship of time.

Buddhism teaches you to embrace change.

Among her other talents were forgetting what she did not like and ignoring what she preferred not to see.

I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic values, and for many of us, our religious values.

No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.

The community of the Giver had achieved at such great price. A community without danger or pain. But also, a community without music, color or art. And books.

Here we were talking about economic development, about investing billions of dollars in various programs, and I could see it wasn't billions of dollars people needed right away.

I actually don't subscribe to the notion that comedy is easier than drama. When you're trying to be funny and you're not funny, that's really terrible. It's a horrible feeling.

Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims.