Public symbols matter. They are one of the ways we tell each other, and the world, what we honor.

Innovation is about moving forward. If you are not moving forward, you are moving backward. There is no standing still.

The defeat of your enemy lies within the peace of your heart and the humbleness of your thoughts.

Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.

To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules.

This is such a special summer holiday for me. I haven't known myself so relaxed in years.

Music is the electric soil in which the spirit thinks, lives and invents. All that's electrical stimulates the mind to flowing surging musical creation. I am electrical by nature.

All these rappers on stage and Martha Stewart has done the most jail time.

Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives.

Because you lack a noble and successful past is no reason why you should lack a noble and successful future.