... the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul.

The "supreme good" and its attainment -- that is happiness. And joy is: response to happiness.

The ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation.

Happiness, ... even the smallest happiness, is like a step out of Time, and the greatest happiness is sharing in Eternity.

we're lost where the mind can't find usutterly lost

Humans have wandered the Earth for thousands of years but never has our capacity to alter the Earth’s ecosystem at a larger scale been more prominent than it is today.

The secret of health, happiness, and long life: If you simply learn how to accept and express love, you will live longer...be happier...grow healthier. For love is a powerful force.

I never made any money from my music. I don't make that much; I make it flip-flopping between five and ten different disciplines.

There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner.

I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill.

Every director is different. And all the movies are very different, and the characters are very different.

The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.

I am a complete jazz nerd.

I definitely have a family. I have a boyfriend who has kids, and we do normal things every day, like get up and go to school. Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner.