You've seen my descent, now watch my rising.

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love

I LOVE my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case... HEART might stop. MIND can forget. I Love them with my Soul. SOUL never stops or forgets.

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.

Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

It's your road & yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."

When I create a masterpiece I feel alive! When my creation is revered I feel immortal.

The only one is a hero - who builds bridges between cultures

Memories are not shackles, Franklin, they are garlands.

A person is either a Christian or not; there is no in between state

I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs or getting into trouble since.

The only way to get our society to truly change is to frighten people with the possibility of a catastrophe.

Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.

I don't have any friends from my childhood because I didn't stay at one school for very long.

It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer.

For "I" to become "we" and yet remain "I," is one of the great challenges of marriage.