Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.

I don’t really have a gimmick or a ‚thing.‘ I’m one of the few artists who gets to be himself every day.

I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.

I accept chaos, I’m not sure whether it accepts me.

Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can you avoid such a thing. In the center of an empire, you can think of your experience as universal. Outside the empire or on the fringes of the empire, you cannot.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them.

I just think overall there’s not as many female ministers than there are male ministers.

It’s always interesting about God because it’s like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

I love the natural world – it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved.

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.

The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?

Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world.

Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak. So I’ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I’m one of those people.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

You’re imperfect, and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

Romantic art deals with the exception and with the individual. Good people, belonging as they do to the normal, and so, commonplace type, are artistically uninteresting.

We need to try to unite audiences, unite countries, join musical tastes, unite people.

The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.

Our nation must come together to unite.

I am a beneficiary of the American people’s generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

I didn’t know any gay people in my childhood.

I fully understand the expectations of the state governments. Thus, I am better placed to work closely with the chief ministers.

I’ve always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin‘ my thing, my own way. And it’s been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.

SEALs are human beings. We may all have the same haircuts, but we aren’t robots. Some SEALs are great people. Some are not great people. Some have done unspeakably terrible things. You’re dealing with different people, different dreams, different desires.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

Hip-hop is ever changing but you’ll always have the pack. And you’ll always have those people who are separated from the pack.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

The big message of gospel is that you don’t have to keep fighting the universe; you can stop, and the universe is quite good to you. There is a loss of ego.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States – that is, prosperity.

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I’m not here to preach hate or push people down.

I’m not looking to exclude people, I’m looking to include them.

All religions must be tolerated… for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

I have no interest in gender or race or anything like that. But everyone else is kind of, with their calculating – is this the exact right mix? I think that’s – to me it’s anti-comedy. It’s more about PC-nonsense.

Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.

I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You’re not going to get too many surprises if you only focus on the stuff that fits inside the box that you know.

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor – over each other.

Doing graphic novels is cool! It’s fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, you get to see it fleshed out.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly – that is the first law of nature.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other.

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and men each one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale.

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

At the heart of every being lies creation’s dream of a principle that will one day give organic form to its fragmented treasures. God is unity.

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it’s different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He’s very quick.

The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.

I’m afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same.

I’m not ashamed to say I fear something.