apathy is about as near to the undertaker as you can get.

Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends.

Frankly, I've come to feel that there are two kinds of people: those who act like thermometers and those who act like thermostats.

If you think back over your experiences, the chances are that you will find the finest moments in your life were those when you completely forgot yourself.

People are much more fascinated by your interests than they are by your opinions.

It is perfectly logical and proper to recognize differences between races and colors and creeds - as long as we don't classify them as being better or worse.

Charm might be described as enlightened self-interest, a development of one's best self. ... In the simplest possible terms, I think genuine charm is an unmotivated interest in others.

Counterfeit charm is worse than none at all.

Life is the best party I've ever been invited to.

If there's anything intolerance can't tolerate, it's ridicule!

Out of sight, out of mind' applies with even greater force to entertainers than to lovers.

Sometimes questions are more important than answers.

She was supposed to be happy... why couldn't she just be happy for a few moments? Why couldn't she just forget everything bad going on her life, and just be happy?

We can change the world with every thought we have and every word we speak.

Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful.

If you live your life burning for the highest possibility, in that burning itself, there is liberation.

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.

Be patient with your boaters and let them rant. Most of them will get over it come December.

There's something about strength that I really admire, that I failed to see a lot of when I was growing up.

People are bigger than anything that can happen to them.

Music is cyclical and as an artist and songwriter, you need to be able to predict what trend is coming next.