Women need real moments of solitude and self reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. The heart will break... but broken live on.

Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.

It takes a lot of courage to be the same person on the outside that you are on the inside.

Only love that continues to flow in the face of anger, blame, and indifference can be called love. All else is simply a transaction.

A man should be more original than a bouquet of roses and a box of chocolates. Flowers die and sugar sticks to your hips like a permanent record to a criminal.

Me And Ocean -- Two Deep Dreams Of God

I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space to experience the music on my own, free from unwanted conversations and other distractions.

The human and environmental devastation caused by nuclear weapons - whether by testing, mistake or malice - is the very reason we need to eliminate them altogether.

We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.

Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.

[Andrea] Leadsom has compassion ... a real steel and a real determination and that velvet glove of compassion that she really cares about people.

Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

There's a lot of injustice in the world and it's what I sing about in my music and what I try to confront in my life as an activist.