God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

Religion of the Self [Soul] is that where no difficulty or trouble arises for anyone or any living being of ‘our’ own accord.

Those who have witnessed executions say there is no sound worse than the weeping of mother watching her son being put to death. They're wrong. There is one sound that is worse. There is silence.

There are a lot of things to my game I can still improve, but everyone can.

Question: Why does life have to feel like such a struggle at times? Answer: Because without the struggle, the triumphs wouldn't taste as sweet.

I like the roar of cities. In the mart, Where busy toilers strive for place and gain, I seem to read humanity's great heart, And share its hopes, its pleasures, and its pain.

I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than make a cup of tea and some toast.

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

I have a band called Sons of the Lawless.

Revenge be the dish I serve to cats cold.

I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname; it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.