Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

Envy is for people who don’t have the self-esteem to be jealous.

There is no such thing as illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents.

People are fascinating. Especially the ones who hate me.

Natural gas is the one fuel that we have that's affordable, it's scaleable, it can replace coal over time, it can replace imported oil, can create American jobs.

Form is any aspect of a poem that encourages it to stay whole and not drift off into chaos.

I mean, I don't really pay too much attention publicly to what people think.

After having exhausted all the arguments on behalf of evil, one utters the creed's dictums with nostalgia rather than with fervor.

I wake up every morning and it's like when you break up with somebody who has really broken your heart.

Empty and cold, but it keep me alive. I gave it my soul, so that I could survive.

I love Australia. I mean it's, how can you not? It's an incredibly beautiful country. I like the people, I like the country, I love it. I mean it's wonderful.