One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

If there’s not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something.

I’m a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I’m even afraid of it – it’s a learned affectation and it’s just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Right now, when we’re hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been – and will always be – our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.

Religion and science are the two conjugated faces or phases of one and the same complete act of knowledge – the only one which can embrace the past and future of evolution and so contemplate, measure and fulfil them.

You see things; and you say ‚Why?‘ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‚Why not?‘

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.

When I checked into SEAL Team One many years ago, one of the things that I noticed was there was this old guy, who was younger than I am today, who I decided that I was going to be like. I wanted to emulate what he was doing, and one of those things was he got to work before anybody else.

Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I’m borrowing energy from the ideas themselves.

We based the look on rock ‚n roll right from the beginning.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.

He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust.

Muhammad Ali is a legend, a hero of mine.

To me, ideology is corrupt; it’s a parasite on religious structures. To be an ideologue is to have all of the terrible things that are associated with religious certainty and none of the utility. If you’re an ideologue, you believe everything that you think. If you’re religious, there’s a mystery left there.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.

Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.

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

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

Not having hope is not an excuse for not doing something.

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!

Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one: dipping a thread into a supersaturated solution to induce crystal formation. I don’t think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems.

I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand enough, they’ll do wonders. I count on them.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

For those of you who do not know Him, choosing your eternal home is the most important decision you will ever make.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Life loves the liver of it.

I don’t think a Jewish or Christian or Islamic state is a proper concept. I would object to the United States as a Christian state.

Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that ‚a quiet conscience makes one strong!‘

When you’re traveling constantly, every day you become inspired, and it shows in my work, sonically, lyrically, visually. Conversations with women with different accents and stories told in those accents. I like to create characters based on different people I’ve met, and relationships. I like to tell stories loosely based on real-life events.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I’ll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I’m crepuscular.

I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.

I am a Catholic.

To me, the most important artists in my career are Arcangel and Balvin. Arcangel gave me the push, the respect in the streets.

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.

You notice how liberals keep saying, ‚If only Islam would have a Reformation‘ – it can’t have one. It says it can’t. It’s extremely dangerous in that way.

I have certain guys who I looked up to. Jordan, Kobe, those guys. Passing that on to doing my part to kind of keep that influence of basketball where it should be is kind of why I play the game.

The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.