Do something that scares you every day. You have nothing to lose but fear itself.

Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table.

I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect.

Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we are all connected to one another.

When young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive world as we grow up, yet from birth we all have a need for affection. The emotions we experience today have not changed much over the last few thousand years, but the interest increasing numbers of people are showing in their inner world and how their emotions work is a sign of maturity.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.