any pursuit of happiness contrary to the common good is doomed to failure.

All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty; and the belief that nothing is too good to be true.

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.

Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself.

It is not what we have but what we do with what we have that constitutes the value of life.

What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be.

The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling adventure never ends.

Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.

Joy is at its keenest when contrasted with sorrow, courage at its height when it follows fear, faith at its noblest when it grows from doubt.

When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered.

There is strife (trouble) the moment one enters the worldly life and bliss the moment one enters the Self [the Soul].

Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests.

Creative ability is often mistakenly attributed to inborn talent. It is about all the ability to connect one thing with another.

The less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine.

I want women to be the subject, not the object.

Where they come from matters. They're products of particular places and environments.

I'm a darned good listener.

When you are in the present without thinking, you are for the first time spiritual.

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself.

Selling millions of records is great, but at the end of the day it really doesn't bring peace.