Today, just take time to smell the roses, enjoy those little things about your life, your family, spouse, friends, job.Forget about the thorns - the pains and problems they cause you - and enjoy your life.

Purpose and pleasure are two cornerstones of happiness

the way to happiness- keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.

One of the most tragic things I know about the human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Life is like a roller-coaster with highs and lows. So quit complaining about it and enjoy the ride !!

An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of superior personality

Sometimes I make myself laugh, but that's because I appreciate my sense of humor.

I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.

Divine love does not weigh down, nor carry his servant captive and enslaved to the lowest depths, but raises him, supports him and magnifies him above all liberty whatsoever.

Birth mothers choose life, and a family, for their child. But this choice is rarely celebrated. Women routinely face family, friends and even health-care providers who think that adoption equals abandonment, according to researchers and conversations with birth mothers.

My wife Juliana and I first saw Eurovision while on our honeymoon in Greece in 2006, and we were amazed by it. They basically recreate a music video onstage, and pyro cannons, LED video screens, background dancers, fireworks, costume changes, and wind machines are their tools.

I love championships. That's when I want to be at my best. I love those environments. It brings the best out of me.

I don't watch the beginnings of many series; I don't know why - maybe because I'm normally working.

If you expect nothing you can never be disappointed.

My own image of my work is that I no sooner settle into something than a break occurs. These breaks are always painful and depressing but despite them I see that there's a consistency that holds out, but is hard to define.

I get pretty grumpy about TV.

The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.

I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm trying not to do that any more.

Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary that's what gets you.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

I want to find a man and have a family.

Live life to the fullest because it only happens once.

I go on a good many adventure-type trips. Whenever I go on one, it's always potentially going to be the setting for one of my books. I pay more attention to certain aspects than some other people might. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't. Most of the books I write are based on experiences I've had to some extent.

I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'

Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as it gets. It celebrates a mentality of sloth, convenience, and a cheerful embrace of food we know is hurting us.

The only way to convert the heathen is to travel into the jungle.

Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.

I had the opportunity at Duke to start doing things in the community, and it's something I continue to do even 20 years later.

Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe.

I would love to be a sleeper, but I'm not. I'm usually up pretty early, even if I've been out the night before.