Jazz speaks for life. This is triumphant music.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

And, in the endThe love you takeis equal to the love you make.

That's all the freedom we can hope for - the freedom to choose our prison.

You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self.

A man is what he does with his attention and mine is not for sale.

People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there.

I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

Into the mercy seat I climb My head is shaved, my head is wired And like a moth that tries To enter the bright eye I go shuffling out of life Just to hide in death awhile And anyway I never lied.

I try to play within the flow of the team's offense.

For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.