Ab-Soul Quotes

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

I'm just a demon that means well. Freelance for God, but do the work of Satan.

No religion, I'm just so explicit, I coexist in places you would never know existed.

I say 'cuz' around Bloods, and I say 'blood' around Crips...I'm twisted. Got Mary, got Lucy, got Molly: that's wifey, girlfriend and mistress.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

The universe bends to a still mind, peace be still.

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.

Soul brother number 1+1 Gettin' fed like where drugs and guns come from

The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.

If we want to keep the blessings of life coming to us, we must learn to be grateful for whatever is given.

You can't just be reading books all the time and leave the writting of them to others.

The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip through our fingers.

It's only when gravity starts to take over you begin to think about your body.

Chocolate says "I'm sorry" so much better than words.

[Positive mental attitude] is a practice, you gotta practice. I practice being still.

There are a lot of people in this world that listen to wide ranges of music and there should never be a CERTAIN type of music that any artist should be confined to, in my opinion.

All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.

These Days I'm feeling real good.

Without inspiration, we’re all like a box of matches that will never be lit.

The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

It may help us, in those times of trouble, to remember that love is not only about relationship, it is also an affair of the soul.

Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you how to stop suffering. That is its purpose.

Yes, your home is your castle, but it is also your identity and your possibility to be open to others.

I like to eat and I love the diversity of foods.

I dunno, around 11th grade, 12th grade I was just like "yeah. This is something I want to do". I was always known; I was always the rapper.

My main concern is making the connection with my listeners and making records that the whole world can sing. That's what makes me happy.

We're all different and I respect my difference. I just try to be myself at all times. As long as I do that my music is always going to be different.

I've been to Vancouver every year for the last four years, since 2011 when I came out with Murs.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

If the angels were capable of envy, they would envy us for two things: one is the receiving of Holy Communion, and the other is suffering.

Usually, the main problem with life conundrums is that we don't bring to them enough imagination

Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

I wouldn't change what happened to me because then I wouldn't have this chance, in front of all of you, to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms.

When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.

I think L.A. is L.A. I can go anywhere in the world and I'll just say I'm from L.A. But when I'm there I gotta say I'm from Carson.

Honestly I think it was gradual from the first time I came. It's been a gradual thing as far as audience and response wise. I feel like I was conditioned for this type of impact.

There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to like in the fullness of time, and some that you simply want to push away from you with a sharp stick.

Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK.

...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.

I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey.

To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.

You create your own reality.

Sometimes when you least expect it, the tables turn and that scary feeling that has taken hold of you for so long somehow turns into hope

And so I wait. I wait for time to heal the pain and raise me to me feet once again - so that I can start a new path, my own path, the one that will make me whole again.