We have never declared war on China. We have only asked them to leave us in peace, to let us have our natural freedom.

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.

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.

Brave is doing the right thing, because it is the right thing to do.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.

To say, "Well, I write when I really get into it" is a bunch of bull. Put the paper in the typewriter, stare at it a long time, get snowblindness if you have to, but write something.

I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.

Earth, air, and ocean, glorious three.

I think ultimately one would say that the most difficult part of the Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer is the balancing of the main character. To get him being so ambivalent in his whole conception.