Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

The Sun can be your greatest gloom, or your greatest comforter, depending on how you view its shine.

I think the Internet has a way of coaching you into this state of mind where you think that every step you make needs to completely supersede the last.

Nonviolence is something very powerful, and the power behind it is not weapons, but the support of the people.

People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.

To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.

The gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are some of the most precious gifts you can give, and they don't cost you anything.

The process of eliminating the samskaras and reaching complete enlightenment is very technical, wonderful, and mystical process.

I've loved art for more than 30 years.

A human heart can never grow old if it takes a lively interest in the pairing of birds, the reproduction of flowers, and the changing tints of autumn leaves.

It's OK to take care of yourself.