As sunlight is for flowers, and sustenance for the mortal shell, music is for the human soul.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.

I wanted so badly to be straight like my friends. But I couldn't change it any more than I could change having brown eyes. And I knew I would never fit into what kids thought was normal.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

I know in this day and age, when you meet men, they often want to be boys. They dress like boys. And it's very confusing. I can't offer any solution except to make a movie about it.

He insisted that stars were people so well loved, they were traced in constellations, to live forever

Important safety tip - never look a vampire in the eye.

If the Emancipation Proclamation was authentic, you wouldn't have a race problem.

Growing marriages aren't determined by how much you have in common but by how graciously you deal with your differences.

Life piles up so fast that I have no time to write out the equally fast rising mound of reflections.

The power of our example is more important than the strength of our military.

The observance of one commandment, however clearly and forcibly enjoined, cannot make up for the neglect of another which is enjoined with equal clearness and equal force.