I think on death as the apparent end of the illusions that encompass us. They all have a sudden and unexpected end, that challenges any faith we have pinned to their worth.

Life is a loom, weaving illusion.

They tried to get me-I got them first! (suicide note)

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

Change the fabric of your own soul and your own visions, and you change all.

You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them.

Authors and uncaptured criminals are the only people free from routine.

How can we help students to understand that the tragedy of life is not death; the tragedy is to die with commitments undefined and convictions undeclared and service unfulfilled?

They tried to get me - I got them first! [Suicide.]

Except the Christ be born again tonight In dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame, The world will never see his kingdom bright.

The only thing that a man may do that is new, is to write himself on human hearts.

To do the work of others is slavery. To do the work of God is true liberation.

Don’t rebel, but give God the opportunity to change your life and help you over the problems of youth, for they are many.

I think one of the most important things in a relationship is caring for your significant other through good times and bad.

The man who worships mere wealth is a snob.

I think we're scared of intimacy - all of us, a little bit.

We only do what feels right. If something feels forced or contrived, then we pull back. We remain the Foo Fighters.

There's a lot of wounded people out there who don't believe that there's any way they'll ever be healed from those wounds.

We go forward looking in the rearview mirror.

Who I really am keeps surprising me.

Most of my writing consists of an attempt to translate aphorisms into continuous prose.