So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach

I have always looked at life as a voyage, mostly wonderful, sometimes frightening. In my family and friends I have discovered treasure more valuable than gold.

Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough to get there but slow enough to see. Moderation seems to be the key.

It's those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes nothing remains quite the same. With all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.

If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached.

Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder, So I can't look back for too long. There's just too much to see waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can't go wrong.

Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.

Be yourself, be pleasant, play hard and have no regrets.

We got to roll with the punches, play all of our hunches, make the best of whatever comes your way. Forget that blind ambition, learn to trust your intuition - plowing straight ahead, come what may.

With you, I would walk anywhere

later down the road of life, i made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.

Tender, " she said again. "Tender is kind and gentle. It's also sore, like the skin around an injury.

The only way to know the honesty of any person is to love them without desire.

Dont worry about people telling you to stop doing too much and that you will burn out. Burning out is mental, and if you are tough you can do anything.

Children when they ask you why your mama so funny say she is a poet she don't have no sense

When I'm out in public I need to be a role model for the kids. I need to be someone they can look up to or portray themselves as.

If you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.

There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

When people can say to themselves - "What I'm doing is justified," there is little chance of their modifying a behavior.

Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.