Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.

If you want to be original just try being yourself, because God has never made two people exactly alike.

Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.

Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men

The universe doesn't allow perfection.

We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

The past has no power over the present moment.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.