I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

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.

If your prayer is selfish the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all but it is sure to be there.

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.

On the music side, I'm a cross between maybe that Texas songwriter and that Tom Petty feel.

A person can have the greatest idea in the world - completely different and novel - but if that person can't convince enough other people, it doesn't matter.

Deeds survive the doers.

I like to cook; it is, for me, a happy combination of mindlessness and purpose.

I read pretty voraciously. If it's good, I don't care what it is.

Imagination is a killer.

Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.

Encouragement and hope are the two most powerful qualities any person can provide to others.