Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Allow your hearts to be driven by principle, not bias. Love, not hate. Unity, not division. The fire of your dreams, not the rain of your sorrows.

I love women that have an ease to the way they dress. I think Vanessa Paradis and Alexa Chung do that very well.

All of us are displaced. Few people live where their great-grandparents lived or speak the language their great-grandparents spoke.

I was a very unique child.

I believe that ultimately it all comes down to whether we seek conscious contact with God on a daily basis through prayer and meditation.

I've always had an affinity for growing things.

... Virtue owns a more eternal foe Than Force or Fraud: old Custom, legal Crime, And bloody Faith the foulest birth of Time.

Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great.

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.

Three years between records is longer than average. Double albums are much more of a statement. I really wanted to put myself out there as much as I possibly could.