THIS dust was once the Man, / Gentle, plain, just and resolute—under whose cautious hand, / Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, / Was saved the Union of These States.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

Contentment is a state of happiness and satisfaction. The choices we make are our own decisions for how we want to live our life.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.

I hated old people as a young kid who thought he knew anything about punk rock. I just thought old people sucked and I thought their opinions sucked.

Would thou confound thy enemy, be good thyself.

Do something to move yourself toward your major goal every day.

People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues.

There were moments when I really just thought, I don't need anything and I don't need anyone. I just want to go away and disappear.

I knew from a young age that I could sing and it was impressed upon me that if I got a classically trained education in voice, it would serve as a foundation for whatever I chose to do.

God take care of him, because he's my past and my future