The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion.

People don't understand what happiness is, so they have an idea of what will make them happy, but it never does.

When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world.

Sometimes it's an external approach where one can learn the skills required, let's say, learn to play the trumpet and in that process other things happen. It's magical: through the process of practicing four hours a day you start focusing on emotion and when you pick up the trumpet it's filled with feeling.

The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts. And therefore the universe changes.

Sharon Stone. She is one of the most dedicated people I know, but also highly unedited.

There are some problems on this planet that seem to be intractable.