I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics.

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.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

The "silly" question is the first intimation of some totally new development

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. If they do, it is our duty as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children. If necessary, bone by bone.

Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.

I believe, as a producer/director, your duty is to create a beautiful horror film that really resonates.

I wear black all the time.

Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won't get much out of him, but with that other guy I can't keep what I've got.

That's the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.