Every arrow that flies feels the pull of the earth.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Real humility is not about denying the gifts you are offered

A man's memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past according to his interest in the present.

I feel like there's no subject that can't be sung about. I wrote a song dedicated to people with inflammatory bowel disease, and then I wrote about shoes. And mangoes. Every rock should be turned.

I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.

There's always light at the end of the tunnel, right? It just depends on how long the tunnel is.

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

That's all nonviolence is - organized love.

It is meaningless to speak in the name of - or against - Reason, Truth, or Knowledge.

My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.

There is no reason inherent in the real resources available to us why we cannot move rapidly within the next two or three years to a state of genuine full employment.