A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that person is called learned and wise.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.

...the ultimate dwindling resource in the human arrangement isn’t cheap oil or potable water or even common sense, but mercy.

At the Grammys, you walk down the halls and everyone's got five security guards. You can't talk to anybody. You always feel out of place, like, 'Hey, the rednecks are in town!

Music is a weapon of the future / music is the weapon of the progressives / music is the weapon of the givers of life

There's no question that natural gas is a lot better than coal or oil, in the sense that natural gas produces less carbon per unit of energy produced.

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.

Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.

To judge a man's character by only one of its manifestations is like judging the sea by a jugful of its water.

Paul McCartney has a voice that can do anything!

Prayer flies where the eagle never flew.