I am in awe of flowers. Not because of their colors, but because even though they have dirt in their roots, they still grow. They still bloom.

There are no lungs like the ones that breathe poetry.

The sky never falls with the rain. It is never weighed down by all that it carries. It takes all of its anchorsand turns them into stars. Learn from this.

Your flesh is not a reflection of your soul. So when you look in the mirror, remember that your light outshines your flaws.

What is the finding of love, but a voice answering a voice?

Love is wind for the soul

Life is so beautiful and so short that anything that makes me feel less than too much is nothing at all.

My heart's scripture tastes foreign in the mouths of cowards and on the tongues of those who have never breathed inthe moon and breathed out the world.

Take each day in your open palms and close your fists around it. This life is not done with you yet.

I want to celebrate the sadness that makes you feel everything so deeply. I want to throw a party for the wounds that make you so unabashedly human.

Before you step out into the world today, remember that you will encounter people whose struggles you do not know. Remember the way a pair of eyes light up when greeted with kindness.

There's no retirement for an artist, its your way of living so theres no end to it.

Respect those elder to you in years, in knowledge and spiritual attainment and act with love and compassion with those who are younger or less fortunate than you.

Never look back on yesterday’s success

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

We're all on each other's food chain. All of us. It's an individual sport. Welcome to the meaning of individual. We're each deeply alone here. It's what we all have in common, this aloneness.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

Bulgaria is a fascinating, beautiful, difficult country, and I fell in love with it.

Royce's eyes narrowed in discouragement at the thoght of having to sing to jenny. his deep bariton voice would surely bring every hound for miles to yap and nip at his heels.

Never turn down a job because you think it's too small, you don't know where it can lead.

I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world in those days.