The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.

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.

Trust your instincts.

May my weakness not drive me to my knees in despair, but raise me up to You, Lord.

Where there's a will there's a detective story.

I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here.

One didn't stop to talk with creatures from one's nightmares.

The quickness and flexibility of a well mind, a belief or hope that things will eventually sort themselves out-these are the resources lost to a person when the brain is ill.

I'm little, but I love big things.

The Devil sends the precipices; God sends the bridges! When you come across a precipice, look for the bridge; it is somewhere there!

At least it's better to be married than to be dead.

I am extremely grateful for my 'American Idol' experience, and I enjoyed every bit of it.