I never truly believed that human business was some serious thing.

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.

When one has no character, one HAS to apply a method. Here it did wonders incontrovertibly, and I am living on the site of one of the greatest crimes in human history.

One plays at being immortal and after a few weeks one doesn't even know whether or not one can hang on till the next day.

I felt as though I was partly unlearning what i had never learned and yet knew so well: I mean, how to live.

Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.

False judges are held up in the world’s admiration and I alone know the true ones.

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

But the heart has its own memory and I have forgotten nothing.

Yes, one can wager war in this world, ape love, torture one’s fellow man, or merely say evil of one’s neighbor while knitting. But, in certain cases, carrying on, merely continuing, is superhuman.

Don’t equate effective living to being busy

Love is an attraction but not a reaction.

People tend to cherish and take care of the things they pay for and therefore own, countries included. The opposite is also true. When was the last time you changed the oil in a rental car?

Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist" gives you a valid excuse to hide from your pain.

The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.

It makes no good to point the failures out without showing at the same time the remedy to address them.

The shows are so different from each other, depending on whether I play with my band, Nine Stories, other musicians, an orchestra, only one or two members of my band.

And a utility belt! I'm like an asthmatic Batman!

It is often true that those who sit in the wings can see more than the players.

I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.