Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

To love beauty is to see light.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

Sometimes all you know about where you're going is that it's away from where you are.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his life-time for the good of the community.

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins, and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name with somebody who either is famous or becomes famous.

That's what life is about: People come and go.

When you don't have certain senses your other senses become heightened.

A society that is not willing to demand a life of somebody who has taken somebody else’s life is simply immoral.

Purpose is stronger than object.

I have never understood why it is called losing a child. No parent is that careless. We all know exactly where our sons and daughters are; we just don't necessarily want them to be there

Language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly.

Every evening brings us nearer God.