All of heaven we have below.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

Summer is leaving silently. Much like a traveler approaching the end of an amazing journey.

I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.

I wrote The Same Sea not as a political allegory about Israelis and Palestinians. I wrote it about something much more gutsy and immediate. I wrote it as a piece of chamber music.

The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference.

It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.

School used to be an escape. Now it's just another place with too much pressure, too much confrontation, & so not enough joy.

For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo music.'

Everything from now on will be done online - physical music media like the CD are dead in the water.

If your relationship with someone is based on your desire for them to change into something radically different, there's no real closeness there, no real communication.