Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

There are massive efforts on the part of the internet’s corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control.

Many things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire shall crumble first.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

Hatred is settled anger.

Hear reason, or she’ll make you feel her.

Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

Farewell, fair cruelty.

As an entrepreneur, I have been known for taking risks throughout my career, but leaving the European Union is not one of the risks I would want the U.K. to take – not as an investor, not as a father, and not as a grandfather. I am deeply concerned about the impact of leaving.

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don’t recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.

I go to sleep thinking about my kids being spoiled and I wake up thinking about it.

I’ve been blessed with talents to play this game and been put on a stage to impact a lot of people. I don’t want to take that for granted.

I feel upsettingly de-natured. If Penelope Cruz were one of my nurses, I wouldn’t even notice.

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes.

Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just to watch it and move with it. In that watching, you begin to understand the whole movement of thought and feeling. And out of this awareness comes silence.

Make no mistake about why these babies are here – they are here to replace us.

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

What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart.

Sometimes, I’m very embarrassed.

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.

People are underestimating the force of angry kids.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.

We all die, we all get sick, we all feel hunger and lust and pain, and therefore human life is consistent from one generation to the other. We all – most of us, anyway – want connections with other people and spend our lives looking for them.

There’s nothing better than having a baby. I’ve always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I’d be overwhelmed, and it’s true… I can’t tell you how much my attitude has changed since we’ve got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.

A relationship can give you a gut wrenching feeling sometimes. It’s a real emotional ride.

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.

There’s no doubt that inequality destabilizes societies. I think the social science evidence on that front is crystal clear.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so.

I am not a particularly thick-skinned person.

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

The spirit desires to remain with its body, because, without the organic instruments of that body, it can neither act, nor feel anything.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

When the kids are laughing in the audience, I tear up, I’m so happy I did a nice thing.

I’ve often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

Jealousy… is a mental cancer.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

When I grew up, the Devil was a reason why I had a headache or the Devil was the reason I got mad today. We always blamed the Devil. I think today when I say the Enemy, I like to make it broader. Sometimes the Enemy can be our own thoughts.

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.

I wrote my first song at 12 and remember someone asking, ‚What were you going through at 12 that you could write about?‘ I get what you’re saying, but 11, 12, 13 were the hardest years of my life. You learn everything. You learn how horrible things feel.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

I try not to go around looking like a hag.

Love is a state of being.

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Any experience that touches you, in any particular way, is good. It can be a horrible experience.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Memories are thoughts that arise. They’re not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it’s just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.

Fear is exciting for me.

Kids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely to talk to us about what’s happening, and they have better skills to work it out.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But… it is better to be good than to be ugly.

You know how big love is? Love is big. love can hold anger; love can even hold hatred.

I never fall in love.

Love is not consolation. It is light.

All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it’s with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family.