The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

Don’t tell me you’re passionate about your job – show me that you’re passionate about helping people like me.

I'm incredibly lucky that my profession allows me to be where I choose, really.

The key problem is the debt restructuring in the euro zone. As long as the debt burden is not reduced, there is no chance of the weaker EU countries regaining competitiveness.

And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.

The rising productivity of labor is a myth, a statistical illusion created by measuring combined output in terms of labor input.

At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else.

What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.

I have never known anyone from Texas, no matter how far they go or what they do, who isn't proud of being from Texas.