How did my world get so small?

You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope.

To feel such a longing for his own life, even as he’s living it—he wonders what that means.

Invoking the moral high ground somehow makes you lose it. Using a secret as a weapon makes you almost as bad as the transgressor.

The quiet times are the ones to hold on to.

Many people just think they understand English, remember.

Only another twenty thousand or so days of this to go.

I believe my father has and always will be the strongest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths.

The present is the key to the past

What does it mean to be true to the faith? That word true implies commitment, integrity, endurance, and courage.

There never was a champion who to himself was a good loser. There's a vast difference between a good sport and a good loser.

The race may or may not be to the swift, but tell me, is it likely that the fight will be entrusted to the dead?

If I don't believe the Word of God, why should you believe it? If we don't believe it, why should the world believe us?

Criticized for using formal mathematical manipulations, without understanding how they worked: Should I refuse a good dinner simply because I do not understand the process of digestion?

The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.