To be modest in speaking truth is hypocrisy. TM-ST-95

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

Words are the only things that last for ever.

Love makes the world go round, but sometimes you spin so much you end up dizzy.

Doubt is the first ray of illumination

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

The library is every child's lighthouse. It is every person's sanctuary. It is every town and county's fortress in the face of ignorance, intrusion and bad behavior.

Artists and writers have to understand and live the truth that what we are doing is nourishing the world.

When you're an artist you're speaking about life, you're talking about your experience here on the planet. So essentially, that's what I do when I'm writing songs.

Concerts are dangerous because anything can happen - which is one of the joys as well.

There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians.

When I encounter a sunrise, a painting, a woman, or an idea that makes my heart bound like a young calf, then I know I am standing in front of happiness.