We must openly accept all ideologies and systems as a means of solving humanity's problems. One country, one nation, one ideology, one system is not sufficient.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy-Dalai Lama

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

You have to fight the odds in life to be able to reach a greater height.

I would have dreams all the time about me playing in the NFL. Every day I woke up, I said to myself, you know, I'm going to work hard, you know, this day to get to that next level.

As if God's gonna let mankind destroy the planet with SUV's. It's silly, when you think about it.

Hard to be a physics major at Rice University if you have flunked calculus.

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.

The most stupendous miracle in all music.

The smartest person in the United States Senate, and he knows it, is John Sununu. Thank God he had his mother's temperament.

If someone doesn't answer your email within six hours, it means they hate you.

I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do.

It is easy to pity when once one's vanity has been tickled.