I teach the No to all that makes weak--that exhausts. I teach the Yes to all that strengthens, that stores up strength, that pride.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.

I like to challenge myself and give myself a timeline. It pushes me to be more creative and actually do these things, not just dream about them.

If you can't write your song in half an hour, you're in trouble - which is always true.

Everybody is doing you a favor when you're doing a documentary. You can't pressure them into it.

The facts may tell you one thing. But, God is not limited by the facts. Choose faith in spite of the facts.

Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.

Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferrals of information

In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn't the initial cost, it's the humidity.

Beginning 'Beloved' with numerals rather than spelled out numbers, it was my intention to give the house an identity separate from the street or even the city.

The great poems of heaven and hell have been written and the great poem of earth remains to be written.