Intolerance breeds hatred. Hatred creates divisions. Divisions destroy common grounds.

I do not know how it all started, but I would certainly play my part in how it all ends.

Grandparents are extremely rich folks with silver in their hair and gold in their hearts.

It is difficult to stop people from thinking on their own and exceedingly so, to get them to think on their own.

In a world devoid of towering political leaders, we seem to have become experts at growing idiots & elevating them to important positions.

Beautiful moments in life need no words for description. Living those moments and feeling the beauty suffices.

A societal revolution is politically organic in nature. It can't be engineered. It has to be evolved.

If the pain is not felt or it doesn't hurt you...it can never change you. Being susceptible to pain is a blessing.

Being crazy doesn't mean being mentally challenged. Maybe it just means being you...amplified a 100 times over.

Laugh not at the dead, for the corpse at your feet is prophetic of your own destiny.

It is only when you lose your wings, you really learn to fly. Its when the sense of loss, becomes the driving force.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

I can’t control the waves of the ocean, but I can learn how to navigate my ship.

Live the message, don't just read about it and preach.

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy or given up all hope of the Presidency.

Fate of empires depends on the education of youth

We do not deny the possibility of peaceful [political] transition, but we are still awaiting the first case.

Music is essentially useless, as life is; but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions.

Good planning is the foundation of success for almost any project. Start by getting clear on your goal.

If you don’t intend having a compromise, you don’t negotiate at all.

Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?