A true man hates no one.

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

Actually, you have to be a little bit in love with your leading man and vice versa. If you’re going to portray love, you have to feel it. You can’t do it any other way. But you don’t carry it beyond the set.

My purpose is to help people look at themselves and begin to shift their concepts. Remember, we are not our country, our race, or religion. We are eternal spirits. Seeing ourselves as spiritual beings without label is a way to transform the world and reach a sacred place for all of humanity.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.

Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.

Love is trembling happiness.

I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.

I love singing. I love it, and it doesn’t feel like a chore. It’s an expression.

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate… but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

Fear is present when we forget that we are a part of God’s divine design. Learning to experience authentic love means abandoning ego’s insistence that you have much to fear and that you are in an unfriendly world. You can make the decision to be free from fear and doubt and return to the brilliant light of love that is always with you.

You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Never marry someone in hope that they’ll change later.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

We love things we love what they are.

What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

We will always be a family. Always.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed… Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

I’m not a regrets-type person.

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.

I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anything life-affirmative. I’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

Overall there’s going to be things I’m not great at.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

We just cannot worry about ourselves.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

We are the first species capable of self-annihilation.

What keeps me motivated is love and passion.

You may be rich, but there is one thing you can’t afford – that is, if you are a good sort – you can’t afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.

I love my friends and my past, and it’s made me who I am.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts.

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

It’s impossible to live a life totally free of feelings. God created all of us to be emotional creatures, and feelings are a big part of our lives.

We do not judge the people we love.

As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!