[Animals] appreciate others' affection, they also have the sort of ability to show their own affection. And then as soon as we're born, child, no religious faith.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy-Dalai Lama

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

Compete like you cannot fail.

the truth about forever is that it is happening right now

The resurrection blasts apart the finality of death, providing an alternative to the stifling, settling dust of death and opens the way to new life.

I think musically, there's always the stuff you're into that you've always been into but every once in a while there's a new band that kind of stokes you out a little, at least for me.

The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.

My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small.

After putting out quite a few albums, there's a feeling of why make another? I was trying to make something that was an album experience.

Whenever you say 'yes' to anything, there is less of you for something else. Make sure your 'yes' is worth the less.

I don't understand why I'm not dead. When your heart breaks, you should die

England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of watery Neptune.