Art respects the masses, by standing up to them for what they could be, rather than conforming to them in their degraded state.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

People have so manipulated the concept of freedom that it finally boils down to the right of the stronger and richer to take from the weaker and poorer whatever they still have.

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

There is no love that is not an echo.

Knowledge, which is power, knows no limits, either in its enslavement of creation or in its deference to worldly masters.

The power of the culture industry's ideology is such that conformity has replaced consciousness

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

When I first heard your voice, my heart leapt in my chest as if it recognized you as its owner from another lifetime.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

Coaches build teams, parents build players.

Prayer is the key to unlocking God's prevailing power in your life.

Usually monsters are some aspect of human behavior or humanity at large.

There's a lot of difference between being well known and being notorious and the black paintings didn't make me well known - they made me notorious.

The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.

I still looked the same - I had a swollen jaw.

Before my accident I was a little too... selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place where I can kinda give back and inspire people. I'm blessed. I'm really blessed.