The delight we inspire in others has this enchanting peculiarity that, far from being diminished like every other reflection, it returns to us more radiant than ever.

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.

I shield to one who is pessimistic and shield to one who is optimistic leaving this in a wandering state.

It stands to reason that unloved and unwanted children are going to get into crime.

The most important lesson we can learn is how to pray. Prayers do not die, prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them.

Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done! [Apocryphal]

It is a fight from start to finish to be happy in God.

And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.

That Indians are lawless people, I would change that because it's probably the most harmful stereotype.

I'm alive today, therefore I'm just as much a part of our time as everybody else. The times will just have to enlarge themselves to make room for me, won't they, and for everybody else.

...crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.