Poetry proceeds from the totality of man sense imagination intellect love desire instinct blood and spirit together.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

I liked the humor of it I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality.

Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany that does not mean that people were not in good spirits or anything of that sort but something much deeper and more important.

Down the road I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on and humor.

I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now I'll be a better man a more mature man a wiser man a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

Pope John Paul II brought hope to all corners of the world to people of all faiths and backgrounds with his powerful belief in the human spirit.

Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.