The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.

And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

We should each be a carrier of the Kingdom

Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and -- if at all possible -- speak a few sensible words.

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.

How am I supposed to believe you when you're obviously carrying a fake monogram Gucci Bag?

My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair.

Reason doesn't mean very much in a country like North Korea.

Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow; if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other.

I sense a thousand strands of sorrow are sewn into an inch of my spirit.

I carry music in my head, so I don't need more. It drives me nuts that, in hotels or on boats, people seem to think you need music 24 hours a day.

Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty!