Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

How very kind of her, ' I said. 'I must remember to send her a card.'I'd send her a card alright. It would be the Ace of Spades, and I'd mail it anonymously from somewhere other than Bishop's Lacey.

It was very hard for all of us. It's still very hard. The anniversary of his death just passed, and every single one of his friends, still, after all these years... it's unbelievable.

Frank [Zappa] was not a big fan of having lyrics, but sometimes he had things to say that lent themselves to lyrics.

The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

If people read 'Tomorrow' and feel that it is offering them some view of my own household, they would be very, very wrong.

A startling and engrossing commentary on the complex actuality and continuing heritage of American slavery.

Opportunity has power over all things.

I've always loved playing in bands where there's like three or four people and we're all throwing out ideas and coming together to make an album.

How has the human spirit ever survived the terrific literature with which it has had to contend?