Geniuses are like thunderstorms: they go against the wind, terrify people, clear the air.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

If you remain ‘insincere’ to one person, then that person will hold you back from going to moksha!

I love you, Vic! Anything else is lies. I really, truly love you. I’ll love you until the day I die.

The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.

The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama.

Spend all you have before you die, and do not outlive yourself.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

Science and time and necessity have propelled us, the United States, to be the general store of the world, dealers in everything. Most of all, merchants for a better way of life.

Build your empire on the firm foundation of the fundamentals.

How pale is the art of sorcerers, witches, and conjurors when compared with that of the government's Treasury Department!

On his daughter, Ava: She is a relief from all the stress in my life; everyday she does something new and it is so amazing.