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.

Purpose and pleasure are two cornerstones of happiness

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.

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

There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.

I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

In 20 years from now we will all be able to click and watch TV.

Eskimo: 'If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?' Priest: 'No, not if you did not know.' Eskimo: 'Then why did you tell me?'

Most of my childhood revolved around wondering when we would be blown up by the Russians. I couldn't stand the news, I knew that if the missile were launched, mortality would arrive in half an hour, so I spent a lot of my childhood feeling that I was 30 minutes from being dead.

I want all Hispanics in the Republican Party, in the Democratic Party, whether Latin Americans, Central Americans, Cubans, Mexicans, I want us to unite.

I've always been a glass-half-full as opposed to a glass-half-empty, and the day that changes is the day I should leave.

Getting 10,000 listeners for a free podcast novel is a lot easier than selling 10,000 hardcover novels at $25 a pop.

Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.

The bride the white bride today a maiden tomorrow a wife.

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns I am thankful that thorns have roses.

I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature.

There's still a lot of things you can legitimately do to make America safe through electronic surveillance.

You have to be at your strongest when you’re feeling at your weakest.

Every day of the year is a good day to think more deeply about Good Friday for Good Friday is the drama of the love by which our every day is sustained.

People say they'll pay more for something made in the U.S., but they won't actually do it.

People suit their star sign. If someone is annoying me over and over, and I know they're a Sagittarius, say, I'm more likely to forgive them. It comes down to my need for structure as a way of finding my bearings with people.

Hedi Slimane told me I was boyish in his eyes. For him femininity and masculinity are the same thing, the difference is not so interesting, he said.

I was with the CIA for only three years. I worked in the Directorate of Operations, which is now called the National Clandestine Service. It's the part of the organization where the spies live. I didn't have much experience beyond the training.

When I was three and a half years old, I heard my big sister tell my mum that at school that day all the kids sat on the floor and watched 'The Neverending Story.' Having never heard of the movie, I concluded that this was what school must be: sitting cross legged on the floor listening to a never-ending story. Page after page.

What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are.

'Rise' has a lot of different meanings. It's a call to action to rise from the dead and actually live.