Of whom shall I be afraid? One with God is a majority.

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.

Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.

Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage.

Music has the capacity to create a greater reality.

Don't bemoan your misspent life quite yet. Forgive me for flaunting my experience, but you have no conception of what a misspent life constitutes.

If you are in the habit of creating suffering for yourself, then you are probably creating suffering for others too

The one-legged never stumble.

He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar.

My novels and poems are meant to be read aloud. That's why jazz musicians have been able to adapt my stuff.

It's not dependency that creates your future. It's independence that creates your better future.

You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.

Don’t be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters.