Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

The practice of love and compassion are the most important treatment for the sickness of hatred and revival of peace in the world.

Be patient, persistent and above all, believe.

The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.

I'm personally offended when I am scored on

Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.

Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.

When you choose to become part of a team, you cease to exist as an individual.

Sly Stone doesn't make good albums: only good records. His style is so infinite and revolves around so many crucial aspects that it has only come together perfectly on a handful of his singles.

I've been making the recordings for a long time, and I have tons and tons of them. I'm like a digital hoarder or something - everything is on like hard drives and whatever.