Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.

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 are two kinds of secrets. The ones we keep from others and the ones we keep from ourselves.

The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.

I care about what the people I care about think about me. It's a short list, but I really care about what those people think.

I should be pleased, I suppose, that Hitler has carried out a revolution on our lines. But they are Germans. So they will end by ruining our idea.

It's probably hard to feel any sort of Romantic spiritual connection to nature when you have to make your living from it.

Elvis is the king of rock and roll, who made white kids shake their shackle.

If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.

Yes, but the thing is my influences are so rooted in afro-American culture especially that it's quite sad to not enjoy the same success because the influences are so strong from there.

Vice is its own reward.

There is no gesture more devastating than the back turning away.