Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.

When nothing upsets you, you are at the beginning of the path. When you desire nothing, you are halfway on the path; when nothing becomes everything, you are perfected.

No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.

Desire nothing except desirelessness. Hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes. Want nothing and you will have everything.

Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others.

The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction accompanied by all kinds of worries.

Light can penetrate any amount of darkness but no amount of darkness can penetrate light.

Feelings and emotions are only the creation of mind and energy. Love is the creation of the soul.

It is not so much that you are within the cosmos but that the cosmos is within you.

Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.

If we suffer in the sufferings of others and feel happy in the happiness of others, we are loving God.

Everything is useful which contributes to fix in the principles and practices of virtue.

So Jesus confronts us with himself, sets before us a radical choice between obedience and disobedience, and calls us to an unconditional commitment of mind, will and life to his teaching.

And I love shooting football.

I lost control of myself a couple times in the playoffs. I have to keep cooler in the future.

It is our minds that create this world.

When you are happy it is harder to write [songs].

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

I had a dream last night that a hamburger was eating me.

I work in a "you scratch my back, and I'll stab yours" kind of a place.

I don't put myself out there, so people aren't necessarily familiar with me or my face.