Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

Man, Grandma, what big hair you have.""The better to style with, my dear.

We can create a new kind of politics: kinder, more respectful, but courageous, too.

I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name.

Vegetarianism is the cure for 99% of the world's problems. Think about it.

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.

I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.

In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.

I'll just try to keep my mind open to whatever comes my way.

Outer beauty is inner beauty made visible.

Universe is synergetic. Life is synergetic.