Some gave me soft words and some blunt, some made excuses, some promises, some only lied. In the end words are just wind.
We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, lives at home, at work and at play to be lives of joy and peace.
When all else fails, take a vacation.
I have a very hard time with this word 'non-violence,' because I don't believe that I am non-violent. . . . Right now, I would love to kill George Bush. I don't know how I ever got a Nobel Peace Prize, because when I see children die, the anger in me is just beyond belief. It's our duty as human beings, whatever age we are, to become the protectors of human life.
To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.
There is no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution
I'm trying to show by my actions that you can make a far better world if you just care enough. That's all you have to do. It's no big deal. One act of kindness a day can do it.
It's very easy to become selfish and narrow-minded and see ballet as the only thing in life, but there's lots more.
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.
Cobden was the greatest statesman and prophet of the century. His speeches are an inspiration. A man whose disciple I am willing to confess I am.
God works funny so it might have just been meant for me to be an artist that doesn't sell two million records. Maybe my records might change somebody's life rather than sell thru the roof.