Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away.

Love like you'll never be hurt.

Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.

Human potential, though not always apparent, is there waiting to be discovered and invited forth.

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt

A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake duty for love.

No act of kindness is wasted.

Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness.

April, April Laugh thy girlish laughter; Then, the moment after, Weep thy girlish tears.

And though circuitous and obscureThe feet of Nemesis how sure!

The thirst to know and understand a large and liberal discontent.

What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan.

Wisdom is like the moonlight that quietly inspires you.

I'm annoyed by those who love mankind but are discourteous to people.

I realized, there are people out there who can beat me, want to beat me. And unless I continue to innovate and evolve, I am going to learn a painful lesson from someone who has.

Today the data linking violence in the media to violence in society are superior to those linking cancer and tobacco.

Although our emotions sometimes behave like spoiled, selfish children, unfortunately we cannot send them to their room or tell them to stop screaming.

If I don't stay creative and if I don't stay in the studio and keep writing and recording, I get kind of depressed. I can't quite remember what I'm supposed to be doing with myself.

Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind.

Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.