Material development alone does not yield genuine inner peace.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy-Dalai Lama

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

Some people steal to stay alive, and some steal to feel alive. Simple as that.

The gods lie. They lie because it's the best they can do. We reach out for their lies and we keep on living.

Every great leader is a great teacher, and the greatest leaders seize every opportunity to teach well.

Songwriting as an art is a bit archaic now. Just writing a song is not good enough.

Every vice is already a punishment in itself... you don't need a ticket on top of it.

I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately.

I don't take PAC money. I don't take special interest money.

It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.

The good thing about painting from memory is that so much is forgotten.

I'll rap as long as people want to hear it.