It is only through mystery and madness that the soul is revealed.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.

You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie at our core.

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

It may help us, in those times of trouble, to remember that love is not only about relationship, it is also an affair of the soul.

Go where we may, rest where we will, Eternal London haunts us still.

Simplicity is all but nothing that's there.

And the great difference between man and monkey is in the larynx.

So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away.

Guys want to be respected and acknowledged. They want to feel what they contributed matters.

What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.

Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.

The best conducting technique is that which achieves the maximum musical result with the minimum effort. The only general rule is to infuse all gestures with precision, clarity, and vitality.

My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way.

I stopped worrying about the start. The end is what's important.

I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie.