Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste.

Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.

The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now.

The great question, whether man is of nature or above her.

Sight is a faculty; seeing is an art.

Wherever modern Science has exploded a superstitious fable or even a picturesque error, she has replaced it with a grander and even more poetical truth.

What if everyone knew what a flower could do?

Stories exist to entertain and inspire us. They’re merely veils of hope for when we see the ugliness of the world.

الوقت لا يلئم الجراح، بل الحبtime does not heal wounds, love does

Each song is a child I nourish and give my love to. But even if you have never written a song, your life is a song. How can it not be?

The graveyard is the everlasting home of every man.

At the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world. I believe that. It's just that simple.

Performing of any kind: singing, acting, dancing. I also get really excited during interviews.

I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.

If you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'

I ... [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.