And seemingly as winter has become spring, confusion has become insight.

You don't have to push or pull or fight or win, the struggle is illusory. Sometimes or rather, all times, you just have to be.

...You know what I mean?

Things are fragile, but we're all being carried and I think we're all on our path in that sense. As fragile as things are, we're still getting there.

I think human beings make life beautiful. There's a lot of beauty in everything. I think what makes life beautiful is the ability to acknowledge that.

I think that's the most important thing: when life kind of screws you over a little bit, you've got to learn from that experience.

I have a really hard time connecting to music that doesn't feel like I'm somehow solving a puzzle that applies to my life.

The present's just a pleasant interruption to the past.

You're gonna get thrown curve balls left and right, and that's just the way it goes.

This is to the world and how god damn beautiful it is.

I have found that searching for insight is more often than not a path to total darkness

But the trick most folk are so awfully fond of learning, the absolute second they've got hold of a heart, is to pretend they don't have one at all. It is the very first danger of the hearted.

I like the connection with fans and people who have been supportive of me. And I love the idea of real feedback and a two-way street, which is very, very modern.

It's kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to Him and the blessings fall down on me.

The welfare state is an assault on families.

If there's a perfect family out there, we're all happy for that family. But most families aren't perfect. Most families are living with some sort of challenge or some sort of difficulty.

Understanding the fact that we are essentially water is the key to uncovering the mysteries of the universe.

Middle age: The time when you'll do anything to feel better, except give up what is hurting you.

My family wasn't the Brady Bunch. They were the Broody Bunch.

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

I love women in my heart but not in my undies.