There is no substitute for merit.

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. 

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. 

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.

You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.