[The poets' role is that of] capturing on their instruments the secret stir of life in the air and giving it voice in the music of prophecy

We live in the world when we love it.

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

The freedom is really free only happened in this life: after life is pseudo freedom

Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.

Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord

It's easier to learn many other things, if you first learn how to learn.

I fought Sugar Ray so often, I almost got diabetes.

I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare.

I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two; that's the meaning of subtraction.

Great men grow tired of contentedness.

I wanted to do something that small towns would enjoy.

If you end up falling in love with someone, it's because of them. If you end up hating someone, it's because of you.