Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.

Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else. After you're twenty years old, anyone you meet after that, it's different from the people you knew before.

I hope people half my age and twice my age will listen to my music - I want it to live forever and for my audience to feel like they have a friend in my music. Music is a spirit. It heals. It's an amazing thing to be loved and appreciated, and sometimes, music has not just been my best friend, it's been my only friend.

What I love the most about being a pro fighter is meeting the people. You get to meet all the fans and new friends that you get to meet up with all the time.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.