To go through life without love is to travel through the world in a carriage with closed windows.

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know.

As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.

Men are willing to admit that they are sinners, but not that they are sinning.

The furnace which melts gold, also hardens clay. Before blaming thy fate, therefore, find whether thou art gold or clay.

Love is not like the echo, which returneth only what is given; but, rather, like the pump, which returneth by the pail what it received by the pint.

A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie.

The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head.

It is well that war is so terrible - we would grow too fond of it.

To me, it’s encounters that matter, pictures are much less important.

I don't want to test that simple sense of being human. I don't want to transform it.

I never liked sleeping; I always think I am missing something.

I am more of a rock guy than I am a blues guy. People get the idea that I am a dyed in the wool blues cat, but I rock out when I do my show you know that.

I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.

The press always ends up being much nicer than I expect. A lot of times they say something snarky about you, but then you meet them in person and they couldn't be nicer.

I actually like Hillary Clinton. I like Barack Obama.

If they're singing about heartbreak, they've lived it.

It's not health care reform to dump more money into Medicaid.