Artists everywhere steal mercilessly all the time and I think this is healthy.

People have the strength to overcome their bodies. Their beauty is in their minds.

Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease.

Surround yourself with brilliance.

I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me from the fear.

From the pain come the dream From the dream come the vision From the vision come the people From the people come the power From this power come the change.

Music is a spiritual doorway. ... Its power comes from the fact that It plugs directly into the soul.

Words, they climb all over you/'Til they uncover you From where you hide.

Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story.

Deadlines are things that we pass through on the way to finishing.

Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust.

Some people have two full-time jobs: Working to support their lifestyles and creating illusions to impress the society and their peers.

Tears are not a mark of weakness.They just prove that your heart is alive.

I am accustomed to think very long of going anywhere,--am slow to move. I hope to hear a response of the oracle first.

The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

I think one of the unique aspects of Catholic school education is the opportunity to care for the material and intellectual needs of the child in a community atmosphere.

Chameleons feed on light and air: Poets food is love and fame.

There is nothing so great that I fear to do it for my friend; nothing so small that I will disdain to do it for him.

Clergymen and people who use phrases without wisdom sometimes talk of suffering as a mystery. It is really a revelation.

Bad things happen because we live in a world with evil.

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men but from doing something worthwhile.