The peace for which every soul strives and which is the true nature of God and the utmost goal of a man is but the outcome of harmony.

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.

Each human personality is like a piece of music, having an individual tone and a rhythm of its own.

Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.

When I open my eyes to the outer world I feel myself as a drop in the sea. But when I close my eyes and look within, I see the whole universe as a bubble raised in the ocean of my heart.

Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.

Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.

God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.

All this timeI drank you like the cure when maybeyou were the poison.

I've concluded that while nobody plans to mess up their life, the problem is that a few of us plan not to. That is, we don't put the necessary safeguards in place to ensure a happy ending.

The reason why new concepts in any branch of science are hard to grasp is always the same; contemporary scientists try to picture the new concept in terms of ideas which existed before.

It was kind of a prodding myself to play I Walk The Line straight.

It's all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It's like you've met your reason to live.

I'm really schizophrenic about that, because on the one hand I would say, yes there is, there's something inherently, even violent about it, it's wild and raw and all this.

I love pop music because you can really see what's currently happening in society.

Loving, not the beloved, is the joy of love. The beloved, knowing this, most resolutely declines to be grateful.

I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way.

I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me.