"Never deprive someone of hope -- it may be all they have."

"Being a newspaper columnist is like marrying a nymphomaniac - It's great for the first two weeks."

"Be eager to fulfill the smallest duty and flee from transgression for one duty includes another and one transgression induces another transgression."

"Vanity is the quicksand of reason."

"Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances."

"Love as Thought is Truth. Love as Action is Right Conduct. Love as Understanding is Peace. Love as Feeling is Non-violence."

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."

"The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it."

"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are."

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

"There is no path to peace. Peace is the path."

"My curiosity is my creativity on the way to discovery."