The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Know thy sacred soul

Classic music is th' kind that we keep thinkin'll turn into a tune.

God blessed me by putting me here for thirty-one years at Michigan and Trumbull.

Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.

Good deeds are no less good because their object is unworthy.

Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.

In a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.

I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.

A man with convictions finds an answer for everything. Convictions are the best form of protection against the living truth.

I've always thought I was looking for myself whenever I traveled. Like a journey anywhere was really a journey through myself.