Occupation: Lyricist Birth: August 24, 1947
I understand that suffering, when it cannot be avoided, is here to help me on my way to my dreams.
She [the Virgin Mary] was normal. She had already had other children. The Bible tells us that Jesus had two brothers. Virginity, as it relates to Jes….
I cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset - tears are words waiting to be written..
Postpone joy, it will diminish. Postpone a problem, it will grow..
I'm going away," he said. "And I want you to know that I'm coming back. I love you because...." "Don't say anything," Fatima interrupted. "One is lov….
Love simply is. [...] Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love..
It's only those who are persistent and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the master work..
The world is being created and destroyed in this very moment. Whoever you met will reappear, whoever you lost will return. Don’t betray the grace tha….
Hold the hand of the child within you. For this child, nothing is impossible..
The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said: "I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each ti….
The wise men understood that this natural world is only an image and a copy of paradise. The existence of this world is simply a guarantee that there….
If you don't care about what people think, you already passed the first step of success..
I love you like a river that creates the right conditions for trees and bushes and flowers to flourish along its banks. I love you like a river that ….
The search for something can prove as interesting as finding it..
Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all..
Christ surrounded himself with beggars, prostitutes, tax-collectors and fishermen. ... what he meant by this was that the divine spark is in every so….
The most important experiences a man can have are those that take him to the very limit; that is the only way we learn, because it requires all our c….
I have won important things for myself, but I'm going to destroy them, because I tell myself they have lost their meaning. I know that is not true. I….
a man doesn't prove he's a man by getting an erection. He's only a real man if he can pleasure a woman. And if he can pleasure a prostitute, he'll th….
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own..
Haven't you learned anything, not even with the approach of death? Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the perso….