The future is called ‚perhaps‘, which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

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

It’s the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

I really do encourage other manufacturers to bring electric cars to market. It’s a good thing, and they need to bring it to market and keep iterating and improving and make better and better electric cars, and that’s what going to result in humanity achieving a sustainable transport future. I wish it was growing faster than it is.

Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.

My life is my message.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

Compliment three people every day.

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

This is not a bad life.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

A lot of the stuff I do in terms of PR, I learned it from Muhammad Ali.

I am not afraid… I was born to do this.

For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I’m still awake. I can continue yesterday’s dream today, something you can’t normally do in everyday life.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn’t any good reason to refer to it.

Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!

As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.

It’s lack that gives us inspiration. It’s not fullness.

I don’t know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I’m not leading them to some false God or something like that.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, ‚Oh God, I’ve got to do this today.‘

I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto – I tell people you don’t have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto.

I’ve learned never to say never.

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that’s what I want.

Zappa was very technical and impressed by things that were musically challenging – weird time signatures, strange keys, awkward chord sequences. Zappa was important to me as an example of everything I didn’t want to do. I’m very grateful to him, actually.

What we think, we become.

Never leave a rhinestone unturned.

We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.

I’m a big perfectionist! I’m trying to channel super-confident women like Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey and Beyonce, because I realized that if you want something, you really have to go for it, just like they do.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

People don’t want drama 365 days a year. I’m a sense of relief; it’s my job to take your mind off what’s bad for that brief second you’re in the room with me, regardless of shape, race, colour or anything. It brings people together, and it makes me feel good about what I’m doing.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that’s going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

You do things when the opportunities come along. I’ve had periods in my life when I’ve had a bundle of ideas come along, and I’ve had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I’ll do something. If not, I won’t do a damn thing.

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.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today – and in fact we have forgotten.

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

Success isn’t supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There’s no guarantee you’re going to succeed. There’s nothing set in stone.

He who is brave is free.