194 Quotes by Cat Stevens

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.

In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind.

All things can be forgiven if we can progress.

I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before.

It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work.

Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.

I became very famous, as a teenager, and my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life, and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated.

I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism.