Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home sweet home For there the heart can rest.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

For those who love... time is eternity.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

A small boat that sails the river is better than a large ship that sinks in the sea.

Idle hands are the devils greatest tools. But it’ll be good to notice that the tools sharpened by idle heads. You are idle because that’s the job your mind gave you!

Magical places are always beautiful and deserve to be contemplated ... Always stay on the bridge between the invisible and the visible.

When people start talking about Right and Left, they stop talking about right and wrong.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

There are times when you don't know yourself. There are times when you don't want to know yourself. There are times when you want to be what you have never allowed yourself to be before.

war is a thug's game. The thug strikes first and harder. He doesn't go by rules and he isn't afraid of hurting people.

Our skin colours may vary, but what's upstairs - there's certain things we've all got in common.

The truth is, you are your own “special someone,” and loving yourself is the first step to finding love outside yourself.

I feel like spirituality definitely comes through in my music, but I don't make any specific efforts to make it that way.