I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti want to see the vote of the people respected.

We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls. That is the reality of Haiti.

Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always. Always.

When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress.

We shall prepare the coffee of reconciliation through the filter of justice. Through reconciliation, streams of tears will come to our eyes.

Of course, learning is strengthened and solidified when it occurs in a safe, secure and normal environment.

I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian.

Pa gen lape nan tet, si pa gen lape nan vant (there is no peace in the head if there is no peace in the stomach).

Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at Haiti from a psychological perspective.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve

Find out your talents and gifting and invest your whole time into perfecting them and becoming the best of yourself.

Hope is not some abstract, softheaded concept. It is an idea with an engine.

The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.

My dog is an atheist: he no longer believes in me.

That tuneful nymph, the babbling Echo.

I wanted to play some more grown-up music - jazz.

I do not need a thousand souls, I only need one, which is my master's.

In the deepest sense, the being in a state of sin is the sin, the particular sins are not the continuation of sin, they are expressions of its continuation.

I feel like making music because - and this has much to do with the way I was able to make this record - there's more of myself in it.