It’s the artists who do the dreaming for society.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex, and food!