I don't mind having a reputation as a serious and spiritual person. I think that would be a nice reputation to have

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it makes you feel a bit better. When I cut myself, the drama of it calms me down.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

The revolution that's required isn't a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

If people have some sort of yearning, dissatisfaction or some itching irritability, then it might because they aren't looking in the right direction for a solution. They aren't looking within.

I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough.

A wise man doesn't start what he doesn't know to do.

Tenacity is what it takes to dare unrelentingly

If the shining sun blinds the eye, it makes sense. But to be blinded by gold and silver!

Don't ever have two dogs. That way you won't know which one to blame.

I would like to lose some of the weight that I have put on since I stopped playing football.

To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery.

Against nature and within nature there is no freedom.

Action must be taken at once, there is no time to be lost.

Different hearts beat on different strings

When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.