In everyday life, we ought to extend kindness towards one another.

Aim for the stars. You will sooner reach the moon.

What you think of me is none of my business.

We are what we think.

I believe in miracles.

Love is stronger than hate.

Asking is the beginning of receiving.

We are what we are.

God is the Creator of all things.

Daily dance uplift the soul to spiritual realms.

A revived spirit, a renewed soul.

Every poet has his dream reader: mine keeps a look out for curious prosodic fauna like bacchics and choriambs.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.

I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical musician, either. My music is like my life: It’s in between these areas.

It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit to do.

There’s a vastness here and I believe that the people who are born here breathe that vastness into their soul. They dream big dreams and think big thoughts, because there is nothing to hem them in.

The truth is, the Universe will always take care of you.

To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.

I'm convinced that some of our greatest and most influential teachers show up in our lives disguised as people we resent or even despise.