A little understanding of "As you sow, so shall you reap" is important, because then you can't blame the condition you're in on anyone else.

I'm only myself when I have a guitar in my hands.

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.

With every mistake, we must surely be learning.

Everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by Nature

Love one another (His last words)

When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.

You can be standing right in front of the truth and not necessarily see it, and people only get it when they're ready to get it.

Heaven and hell is right now. ... You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions.

Sometimes I feel like I’m actually on the wrong planet. It’s great when I’m in my garden, but the minute I go out the gate I think, ‘What the hell am I doing here?

The world is ready for a mystic revolution, a discovery of the God in each of us.

Isn't there some truth in all fiction?" "There's some fiction in all truth too.

I worry about anything happening to you ... because I truly love you, every bit of you.

Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it

When people are free to do as they please they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced and partakes of the nature of a protest.

Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I'm only falling apart.

Add one little bit on the end... Think of 'potato,' how's it spelled? You're right phonetically, but what else...? There ya go...alright!

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.

Suffering without understanding in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have at least the grain of an idea what it's all for.

In the end you're not made or broken by prizes. Your relationship is with your readers, not a prize, and you just have to keep on honoring that.

Tragically, the White House Task Force on Disadvantaged Youth reported that one-quarter of our young people are at serious risk of not achieving productive adulthood.