A good parent gives their child roots and wings.

If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them.

[Who owns the patent on this vaccine?] Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?

Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

Your dreams tell you what to do; your reason tells you how to do it.

It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.

I see the triumph of good over evil as a manifestation of the error-correcting process of evolution.

The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?'

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

I believe that the ability to laugh at oneself is fundamental to the resiliency of the human spirit.

My brother's a teacher in Costa Rica and actually does a more important and significant job than I will ever do.

I've always been interested in art, architecture, color.

There are some truths about life that can be expressed only as stories, or songs, or images. Art delights, instructs, consoles. It educates our emotions.

Yup, the toilet is my best friend before a show.

let the wind change direction a little bit, and their cries turned to whispers.

Be aware that who you are and what you have to offer can be a beacon to some lost soul.

You govern your surroundings by the nature of what is taking place in your consciousness.

Being alone means there is no one else in this world

Nothing in this world is real