Exploration by real people inspires us.

I’ve been to Uganda and to North Korea and to Eritrea, countless horror spots around the world.

I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It’s really great.

I should like to save the Shire, if I could – though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

I’m a songwriter. Everything affects me.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you – gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and the age of the great epics is past.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

I believe in sketching because there is something very sensitive in sketching, you know, in sketches that you don’t have out of a computer that looks the same like everybody even if, later on, the dresses are OK, but I like to sketch, and I like to see trails made after my sketches that look the same. It is you know, what I like.

Today, I’d like to talk to Bob Marley. I’d just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don’t know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them, from ‚Redemption Song‘ to ‚Is This Love?‘ and ‚I Shot the Sheriff.‘

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

I didn’t want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn’t like it. I always wanted to do other things.

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

Members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are not superhuman. They are ordinary people with ordinary frailties. But therein lies the power of their example.

I want to give people a taste of the Caribbean, and show them the fun side of me.

I have often been downcast but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary, I treat all the privations as amusing.

Young people can create beautiful things.

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.

I like the idea of making a big, fun, adventure type of movie.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

I modelled my looks on the town tramp.

You might win some, you might lose some. But you go in, you challenge yourself, you become a better man, a better individual, a better fighter.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I’ve never been able to think clearly with my fingers in that position. A pen is a much more primitive instrument. You feel that the words are coming out of your body and then you dig the words into the page.

I wake up every day inspiring myself, because God gave me life.

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

You don’t have to be a renowned artist like Q-Tip to try your hand at poetry. You don’t need any special equipment – that’s the beauty of it.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

Everything is my demon muse. I have a muse which whispers in my ear and says, ‚Do this, do that,‘ but it’s my demon who provokes me.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

I think New York has evolved in my work just the way the city has.

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

Genius is a potential that lives within you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

There are half a dozen subjects that I return to time and time again, and that doesn’t bother me. Because most of my favorite writers do that, to hunt down the same topic or theme from different directions each time.

Bhai was my hero and he had immense influence on me.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.