Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few.

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

Spring is beautiful, and summer is perfect for vacations, but autumn brings a longing to get away from the unreal things of life, out into the forest at night with a campfire and the rustling leaves.

Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.

No one should teach who is not in love with teaching.

The people who dream are very often the people who see, and dreaming and seeing precede doing.

Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.

Kindness is the truest wisdom of life and we cannot go far without it.

I thank you, God, in Heaven, for friends.

At Christmas-tide the open hand Scatters its bounty o'er sea and land, And none are left to grieve alone, For Love is heaven and claims its own.

... Love is heaven and claims its own.

I very strongly disagreed with President Clinton on the deregulation of Wall Street. I opposed that strenuously.

I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him to do His work through me.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.

I think middle-class people have the biggest trauma if they have nice imagey parents, all smiling and dolled up.

I try to sing whatever the music makes me feel. And we play so much music from the other records at shows that I hope no one will miss the old style too much.

I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant.

I look at problems as opportunities and use every person, every incident, and every encounter as an opportunity to show a more loving part of myself.

I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my thoughts.