Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances making decisions and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Never try to impress a woman because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.

You must understand the whole of life not just one little part of it. That is why you must read that is why you must look at the skies that is why you must sing and dance and write poems and suffer and understand for all that is life.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace love and understanding.

Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.