If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values – that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.

Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the theatre; a film actor probably thinks of that a little less.

I have an expression I use as I’ve gone around the world through my career: ‚You never tell another man or woman what’s in their interest. They know their interest better than you know their interest.‘

Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place.

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn’t make me feel good at all.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

If you wished to be loved, love.

What you guys want, I’m for.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

The capability of negotiating… is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

All generalizations are false, including this one.

When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

I’m really bad with answering questions. Usually, I don’t even answer them. I try to find inspiration inside of the question. I think, and I jump from one beam of inspiration or energy to the next, as opposed to explaining the energy.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that’s how they’ll react. But if you say, ‚We want peace, we want stability,‘ we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

If you ever go to a music session, you’ll notice that the musicians can sit down and start playing right away, and everyone knows what to do. Of course they’re reading it, but the conductor can tweak little things, and you can take that back to directing motion pictures.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner’s inquest.

I’ve been a huge fan of Chris Martin forever; it’d be awesome to work with him. He’s really kind, and he’s been really encouraging when we’ve met.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

The other day the President said, I know you’ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

I make a lot of expressions constantly. I’m animated.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don’t share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.