Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was believed before.

Silence make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say that counts.

There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth.

Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

Happiness is not a station to arrive at but a manner of traveling.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at but a manner of traveling.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

I think that for those who have suffered unjustly, justice alone is not enough. They want the guilty to suffer unjustly too. Only this will they understand as justice.

If a messiah exhorts you to kill people of another belief system, get this idiot non-prophet out of your stupid system.

We put the wrong emphasis on what beauty is and what health is. Health is being vibrant and having energy and being happy.

There can be no freedom in the large sense of the word, no harmonious development, so long as mercenary and commercial considerations play an important part in the determination of personal conduct.

I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as a poem and yourself participating in a poem is what the myth does for you.

Poetry can startle you, awaken you, make you fall in love, take your breath away. When those words sink in, you'll never look at your life or your journey the same way again.

I believe everything is energy. I believe that the meal you serve yourself, you prepare, is energy. And if you serve it to your family, it's your gift of energy to them.

Emotions were like wild horses and it required wisdom to be able to control them

I find that the British audience listens and they accept the performer for its value, value as a singer, as a vocalist, value as a performer. You're only accepted if you're good.