A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.

Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.

Be careful what you tell me. You could end up in my next novel.

My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen.

He knows what He is doing with me. I cannot always understand His way, but I am content in the realization that He knows what is best. That is surrender.

Paris is so very beautiful that it satisfies something in you that is always hungry in America.

The spirit in motion heals, expands, circles in and out of the body, moving through the layers of consciousness from inertia to ecstasy. Open to the spirit, and you will be transformed.

I've always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I've done. Mainly because I don't do it well. But it's like a form of visual diary for me. A way of fixing things in my mind.

I became an actor so I didn't have to be myself.

Being impeccable with your word is the correct use of your energy; it means to use your energy in the direction of truth and love for yourself.

The history of medicine is the history of the unusual.