Only because uplifted in song, was I able to endure the blaze of the dawn.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

Philosophy is one reason which could lead to death.

Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.

We will never become the people of hope and blessing we're meant to be until we learn how to wake up and pay attention to the glory and pain, beauty and suffering that are in lives all around us.

I was trying to work out who I was.

It was always too late to retract, to try and retrieve what one had done.

I can sing and dance. I can smile - a lot.

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.

When you hear my music and you feel the emotion, it's real. When you see me in a film and you see a tear, it's real.

Because with time, faith, and love...even our scars can become beautiful.

If you are a conservative you can never get anything wrong. I was very proud of the fact that I didn't get anything wrong that I said during the course of the debates.