The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

Without strength, can we work to create wealth?

I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.

You know, I've kind of been lucky enough to always work with established actors or big names or people that are really popular or infamous for doing what they do and doing it well, I guess.

Globalization ... is the most important change in the history of mankind, and often just the latest name for the conspiracy of the rich against the poor.

The inner world is very potent for me - I don't ascribe to any God or Jesus or Buddha - I just have a sense of it and revere it along with the natural world and human consciousness.

There is nothing more humiliating than loving someone so much that you forgive the infidelities.

We are not living in a private world of our own. Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us.

I just consider myself lucky that I've been a musician this long and not had to find another job.

A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.