Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.

Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.

The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.

Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.

Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.

There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.

A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

If I see darkness in politics I bring light to it.

Take egotism out and you would castrate the benefactor.

I am shocked by the easy attitude of many in the media towards disclosing our Nation's secrets.

I'm one of the most fortunate people in the world.

I'm only sort of a politician.

Donald Trump has a lot of supporters with a deep hatred of Hillary Clinton and access to incredibly powerful lethal weapons.

I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.

An eight-mile drive over rain-washed Irish roads in the quick-falling dusk of autumn is an experience trying to the patience, even to the temper, of the average Saxon.

If you make your best friend and your significant other the same person, you don't have to disconnect to go tell your girlfriend everything.

Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.