Odd how we focus on studying wars at at school to form our 'education'. No wonder we know so little about making and forging peace as adults.

Finding oneself and one's path is like waking up on a foggy day. Be patient, and presently the fog will clear and that which has always been there can be seen. The path is already there to follow

Wisdom is merely the movement from fighting life to embracing it.

In life, one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day-or to celebrate each special day.

Take a walk outside - it will serve you far more than pacing around in your mind.

It's not the world that needs to change - it's our consciousness we must raise

Know your magic, trust your magic, use your magic and know that you are a manifestation of life's magic.

Some strive to make themselves great. Others help others see and find their own greatness. It's the latter who really enrich the world we live in

It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that

The best way to get something good out of what you're doing is to put something good into it.

Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.

To dream is to starve doubt, feed hope.

What humanity wants most is crude sensation.Really? I thought what humanity wanted most was dignity.

Utter originality is of course out of the question.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed.

Demonstrators for a government takeover of medicine have a right to discuss their demands, but no right to enact these demands.

I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.

I am too busy with my cause to hate too absorbed in something bigger than myself. I have no time to quarrel, no time for regrets and no man can force me to stoop low enough to hate him.

I suppose the nearest equivalent to a bar mitzvah in terms of emotional build-up would probably not even be one's wedding day, but one's coronation.

I'm always going to do that - record and make music.