Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

In all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

When you enter those places of trust, or power, dream a little before you think.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.