To run away from danger, instead of facing it, is to deny one's faith in man and God, even one's own self. It were better for one to drown oneself than live to declare such bankruptcy of faith.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

Don't aim for perfection. Aim for 'better than yesterday'.

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.

If we live within the boundaries God has prescribed for us, we realize that our boundaries grow and there’s plenty of freedom…

Keeping it real" isn't just a matter of facing up to harsh facts. It also includes opening up to the plethora of possibilities that offer us ways of impacting the world in spite of adversity.

I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody else.

I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around

I've got miracle lyrical capability all in me / With the agility to escape a killer bee colony.

I don't wear ties to work. And I don't shave.

In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldnt call on me.

We cannot go backward. We cannot erase time and events. But we can go forward, hand in hand, hope in our hearts and love lighting our way.