But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

We never remember days, only moments.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

The divine thoughts comes from God, we are only vessel for its transmission.

My life will be measured in years

I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook.

People have been so supportive of this career for so long, and they are still enjoying the music that I bring to them.

The moment I fell in love with running, I started forgetting my grief and traumas.

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.

Frank [Zappa] said he probably would have been a major criminal, given his brain power and his attention to detail, had he not been a composer. But being a composer is not something you can't help.

Digression is the soul of wit.

Smiling is mostly about smiling more.