A talent is no talent, unless it is used for the benefit of other people.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally.

When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

Love only serves and does not calculate.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Materialism is an identity crisis.

alone doesn't mean lonely. It just means alone. It just means that for now, you're on your own, and that's not a terrible thing.

And the ultimate question remains, To live, is it a blessing or the punishment itself ?

I don't have any talent as an artist but I do have an awareness for business and what you need to bring to that world. It helps to know what you're good at.

You will be a happier person if you don't do what you want to do, most of the time

Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts.

There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think anyone comes to a festival going, 'I'm gonna be a complete bummer today.

So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.

Age: I go slower as time goes faster.

Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another

Forgive: if you never know forgiveness, You'll never know the blessings that God gives.