“When it comes to personal happiness there is a lot that we as individuals can do.”

Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there.

Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility.

Pain is inevitable,suffering is optional.

Seek to be an oasis of caring and concern as you live your life.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.

People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction.

Happiness doesn’t always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.

When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

All suffering is caused by ignorance.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow.

True change is within; leave the outside as it is.

The way to change others’ minds is with affection, and not anger.

Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don’t have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing.

It’s what’s in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.

There’s still a part of me that thinks I have to write a really good novel. I’m not trying to say I’m not happy with the novels I’ve written in the past. But it always feels to me like there’s another one that I have to write that will really say what I want to say, and really paint this world that I can see hazily in my head.

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil – or else an absolute ignorance.

The problem, as I see it, is that you’ve been told and not told. You’ve been told, but none of you really understand, and I dare say, some people are quite happy to leave it that way.

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.

Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable but most of all, it’s having those loved ones.