Giving is true having.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I’m not based in Monaco… I think my country helped me.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they’ve been very loyal and kind to me.

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.

I didn’t die young. So I am very lucky. There are other artists and people that didn’t survive certain things… people can imagine that I did the most dangerous, and I did the worst… for many reasons, I shouldn’t be here.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

American taxpayers have been generous to Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

I don’t want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death!

The greatest gift is the ability to forget – to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He’s done… is doing… and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don’t let yourself ever get used to it… stay amazed!

The Hindus are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.

I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift.

I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them.

I bet taxpayers remember providing more than $812 billion to Citigroup and Bank of America, two Wall Street banks, in 2009 to bail them out during the 2008 financial crisis. Taxpayers remember that generosity; big banks evidently don’t.

I must be cruel, only to be kind.

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.

Here ends my forever memorable first High Sierra excursion. I have crossed the Range of Light, surely the brightest and best of all the Lord has built. And, rejoicing in its glory, I gladly, gratefully, hopefully pray I may see it again.

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

If I died tomorrow, I would be a happy girl.

Love other human beings as you would love yourself.

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.

If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

As you know, I’m an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.

Whether we’re happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

I saw 14 games in two and a half months at Churchill. It was what I really signed for. They were eyeing the championship and also playing the AFC Cup. So I am very thankful for Churchill, the coaching staff and the players.

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.

I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, ‚Oh God, I’ve got to do this today.‘

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

I’ve been really, really fortunate.

I don’t want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I’m completely confused. I’m like, ‚Didn’t you make that movie already?‘ I’ve been very fortunate, and I’m well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Zappa was very technical and impressed by things that were musically challenging – weird time signatures, strange keys, awkward chord sequences. Zappa was important to me as an example of everything I didn’t want to do. I’m very grateful to him, actually.

I’m doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it cool or normal to be kind and loving.

I know that I came into the world with what I call ‚big dharma‘ – with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.