Without inner peace it is impossible to have world peace.

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.

Every honorable man is forced to yield to blackmail once or twice in his life, just for the sake of keeping peace in the community.

Despise your weakness, not yourself.

The entire civil service is like a fortress made of papers forms and red tape.

I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that.

It's just a little ranch. Thirty-five acres. In Texas, if it's not a thousand acres, it's considered a ranchette.

Power in this country is often like hemophilia; it passes through women and then men get it.

To know God's love is indeed heaven on earth.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

I think white people like to tell Asian people how they should feel about race because they're too scared to tell black people.

Paul Butterfield and I had a band together at one point.