Gossip, slander and jealousy have caused more pain than many wars.

For those who have known pain and suffering and wondered why it all happened... I don’t know the reasons why, I just know that you must keep believing in hope and eventually you will get through.

Music transcends the boundaries of language.

With a hope and a prayer, you can get there.

Always cherish your true friends who were there when no one else was.

Life can be very hard sometimes and you wonder why, but a little compassion is sometimes all anyone needs to get by.

There is no such thing as tough love. Love is kind, love is compassionate, love is tender.

Kindness is like a warm blanket of snow, softly covering and gently touching the heart.

If you haven't walked in someone else's shoes, it's difficult to know the fit, so be kind and compassionate.

A joke is never a joke if it is at the expense of another person's feelings

Kindness and love, love and kindness.. You can't have one without the other.. Kindness and love go hand-in-hand.

When a society decays, it is language that is first to become gangrenous. As a result, social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings

If your screen stays blank or your notepad empty, God cannot use your words.

I'm the guy who will eat something that looks nice when I'm out, but when I take it home in a doggie bag, it'll sit in the back of my refrigerator until it starts to move.

In a place like the Guggenheim, I would like to be a representative of arte povera. This would be my ideal.

I am deeply committed to the cause of Indigenous Australians, and not just because of the Apology, but the big challenges which lie ahead in closing the gap.

You need teamwork to achieve real success, and that attitude comes straight from soccer.

The best time to write a story is yesterday. The next best time is today.

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry... Yesterday and Tomorrow.

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

You see something, then it clicks with something else, and it will make a story. But you never know when it's going to happen.