Without the definiteness of sculpture and painting, music is, for that very reason, far more suggestive. Like Milton's Eve, an outline, an impulse, is furnished, and the imagination does the rest.

There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

Reason is not time only interpreter of life. The fountain of action is in time feelings.

There is more or less of pathos in all true beauty. The delight it awakens has an indefinable, and, as it were, luxurious sadness, which is perhaps one element of its might.

No man flatters the woman he truly loves.

The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth.

The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it seems a power gained at the expense of self-possession.

National enthusiasm is the nursery of genius.

Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency.

To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy, than to attempt to fully understand.

Do not give to thy friends the most agreeable counsels, but the most advantageous.

Hopefully and devoutly focus on your greater possibilities.

I think you kind of have to put yourself out there.

I like Dancing of Indian girls more than my parents' prayers . Because they dance with love and passion . But my parents just say their prayers because they got used to it .

Your past may not be perfect, but it was perfect for your purpose.

I couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang.

It's not fair that people ignore AIDS in Africa because it's Africa. It's not fair.

The man who is tired of London is tired of looking for a parking space

I want to help clean up the state that is so sorry today of journalism. And I have a communications degree.

I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.