Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter ? hug ?em so tight they can?t wiggle.
We are in a position, as musicians, to touch the souls of those who listen.
The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls. We become more significant individuals as we serve others. We become more substantive as we serve others—indeed, it is easier to “find” ourselves because there is so much more of us to find!
Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals
How long has it been since you took your children, whatever their size, in your arms and told them that you love them and are glad that they can be yours forever?
Wherever you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul.
To be a mother is a woman's greatest vocation in life. She is a partner with God. No being has a position of such power and influence. She holds in her hands the destiny of nations, for to her comes the responsibility and opportunity of molding the nation's citizens.
A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.
The right manner of growth is to grow less in one's own eyes.
The world still wants its poet-priest, a reconciler, who shall not trifle with Shakspeare the player, nor shall grope in graves with Swedenborg the mourner; but who shall see, speak, and act, with equal inspiration. For knowledge will brighten the sunshine; right is more beautiful than private affection; and love is compatible with universal wisdom.
Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.