"A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need."
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Ben Harper quotes (page 4 of 7)
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"I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours."
"Now that you've grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we'll never make it out alive..."
"Love for me is my North Star. It's the highest form of grace. And I love that there's different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it's love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner."
"My choice is what I choose to do and if I'm causing no harm it shouldn't bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you're causin' no harm, then your alright with me."
"Just because you have a hit doesn't mean you're good [at music]. Just means you got a hit."
"They say time will make all this go away. But it's time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays."
"You can't just say 'I love you,' you have to live 'I love you.'"
"I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar."
"We've all got stardust in our bones."
"These eyes weren't made for crying, this love wasn't made to waste. These arms weren't made for battle, but to share in your embrace."
"I just want to keep doing what I feel."
"Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can't do that!"
"The woman in you is the worry in me."
"You can run away from home But you can't run away from your pain I sit here alone There's always someone else to blame."
"Children come running to the truth But you've got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one's living high another's grieving But what's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh - What's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening."
"It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man."
"I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place."
"Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It's like heaven to me I must confess."
"Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends."