We're not living in a one-dimensional society. You can't just talk about, you know, the horrible things in life and the destruction.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

We all have hearts.... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.

Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

It feels better to love than to hate.

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

All happy families are alike

They had been brought up to think that the domestic virtues were self-evident and universal

It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.

My kindergarten teacher encouraged me to learn, as did my school headmaster, who gave me a grant to study.

The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state.

I was on a train of lies. I couldn't jump off.

Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.

My best experiences with movies have come when I didn't know what to see.

Western ears have a hard time hearing anything that isn't in four-four time. A lot of cultures experience music in five-eight, for example, five-four.

Religion is nothing else but love of God and man.