Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties.

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.

Children always give this simple message: Be natural, be sincere, be yourself!

Rise against every negative thought that rises against you.

I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?

The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count.

That part of the Englishman's nature which has found gratification in religion is now drifting into political life.

I'm real critical of myself. I think a lot of what I've done is boring indie rock. I didn't intend it to be that way, but somehow milk gets added to everything.

When one has no form, one can be all forms.

I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit.

To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night.

It is easier to diminish God than it is to enlarge one's heart.