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.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life ourselves and the world around us.

Beginning today treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care kindness and understanding you can muster and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

Every creature is better alive than dead men and moose and pine trees and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

When we remember we are all mad the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

Understand that legal and illegal are political and often arbitrary categorizations use and abuse are medical or clinical distinctions.

I think we Americans of all people understand the importance of a good legal constitutional framework as the basis of political life.

I support legal immigration. I don't support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world.

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms a responsible command structure and obeying the laws of war.

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda.

Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but more importantly violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another.

You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission without a legal framework behind it.

And Americans realized that native people are still here that they have a moral standing a legal standing.

And understandably so that when you're in legal jeopardy you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.

I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. It's impossible to conceive of either scientific progress or legal progress without understanding the important role of being wrong and of mistakes.

But my humble opinion is I'm not quite sure where I stand on the legalization of drugs - though if tequila is legal pot should probably be legal.

We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.

Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style to recognize the work of an artist or school to see or hear in new ways is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add.