Faith is blind belief. Atheism is blind disbelief. No one has all the information needed to take up such fixed positions.

Human knowledge is but a ripple on the water's surface. To go deeper, we must accept the fact that we don't know everything

When you choose to look down on something, you render yourself incapable of understanding it.

Ah, sleep, clothe me in thy velvet cloak.

Great leaders lead by example, not by making an example of others.

The only way to ensure democracy functions correctly is to question its governance constantly. Fail to do so and you may awake to find yourself living in a police state.

For even in the pit of darkness, the beacon of humanity can always shine through.

There's nothing man can imagine that nature hasn't already created a zillion times better.

The bravest thing David Bowie ever did was to go on stage after Queen at Live Aid.

Fantasy is a reaction to the constraints of reality.

Writing is a series of verbal suggestions designed to provoke a psychological reaction and an aesthetic experience.

Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of the mistakes we made early on was kind of having an ideological dispute up in the Congress.

I always take a less-is-more approach to my routine, and use products that create a sun-kissed glow that can transition from day to night.

I think it's important to be authentic to who you are, and if you're inauthentic at all, people smell that from a mile away.

I'm the only one who still believes in Santa Claus!

The primary object of non-co-operation is nowhere stated to be paralysis of the Government. The primary object is self-purification.

Loneliness is caused by an alienation from life. It is a loneliness from your real self.

As long as we stick together , we can smash the sadness

I believe the things I love inwardly will be received by the right people outwardly. I believe that what I believe in will be received well. I try to keep that as a foundation to what I do.

Charity is a flower not naturally of earthly growth, and it needs manuring with a promise of profit.

Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.