Violence will only increase the cycle of violence.

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.

When today fails to offer the justification for hope, tomorrow becomes the only grail worth pursuing.

The part of her that should have been disgusted was numb.

Be like a fresh flowing stream.

Every nation has its war party... It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition.

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.

It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.

The usual way - through a long series of rejections, revising my manuscripts, and kept trying again and again. Finally I was fortunate enough to find a good agent.

It was the worst hurt he had ever known.

Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.

Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.