Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love.

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Without forgiveness, there’s no future.

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

The truth is that the vast majority of Americans are good, fair, and just, and they want their country to reflect those ideals.

Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.

So many people live with anger and unforgiveness, and many of them are Christians.

Many churches today have special programs for people who are grieving, and these can be very helpful.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in a destructive first marriage. By the time I was 23, I was broken in my soul. I didn’t know how to think right. I felt wrong about everything. But God stepped into my life, and I came out on the other side and didn’t even smell like smoke.

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

We can’t afford to be killing one another.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable – and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.

Laughter heals all wounds, and that’s one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you’re going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.

In my divorce, I stood up and said to my ex-wife, ‚Hey, I messed up. This had nothing to do with you. I didn’t understand what marriage was. I cheated. I was wrong. We couldn’t fix it; it got worse. I stepped away because I didn’t want it to get any worse. You’re the mother of my kids – I don’t want to hate you.‘

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go according to any rules. They’re not like aches or wounds, they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal because there’s not enough material.

Cry if you have a compound fracture, by all means. Or if your grandpa died. But otherwise, save it for your pillow.

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body – the producers and consumers themselves.

It’s true my father abused me and didn’t love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

I don’t dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it’s gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin‘ White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It’s connected to where you are today.

I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God’s Word that showed me I wasn’t living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.

Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.

I am an angel. I was sent here from God to heal.

Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed, and rightly.

The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.

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.

It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body’s natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.

Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope that they can picture being in a place where things are better… I hope my songs can bring people to a calm place.

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

It’s still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore; only the life I have lived. The pain now is part of the happiness then.

There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won’t forget them.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.

Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce.

It’s not tyranny we desire; it’s a just, limited, federal government.

We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

I believe time wounds all heels.

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

Grief changes shape, but it never ends.

I can honestly say, after talking about my mom passing away, I got the biggest weight off of my chest. Comedy is my therapy. That’s how I deal with my problems, my personal battles. I talk about it. I give it to my fans. When they laugh at it, it’s a release, for lack of a better word.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.