Each soil has had its own history. Like a river, a mountain, a forest, or any natural thing, its present condition is due to the influences of many things and events of the past.

Essentially, all life depends upon the soil ... There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.

Essentially, all life depends upon the soil

Civilization has its roots in the soil.

Only ever doing what feels comfortable is a form of suicide.

If one wishes to elicit a reaction from the elusive species known as 'reservus quietgirlius, ' one must poke.

If you give your best and fail, you have no reason to be disappointed. If you don't give your best and fail, you have not right to be.

Boys and young men acquire readily the moral sentiments of their social milieu, whatever these sentiments may be.

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.

My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

If you can imagine it...it is real

I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.

I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking.