I was a baby when I came into the world--otherwise I might have been smart enough to become a different person.

Monuments are for the living, not the dead.

The laws of this world are for children.

God made man in his own image, and man returned the favour.

Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it.

Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures.

Kitsch is the contemporary form of the Gothic, Rococo, Baroque.

We see God and the devil making fools of each other, and we nurture in ourselves the absolutely unshakable conviction that both of them are drunk.

I didn't ask to be born, and I don't owe God anything.

Search fearlessly for every sin, for out of sin comes joy.

Any fool can have bad luck the art consists in knowing how to exploit it.

Ignite the light within you, it will make your world brighter.

...minimalism in the service of others is a logical extension of the same ethos of selflessness.

There is an old and very wise Native American saying: Every time you point a finger in scorn—there are three remaining fingers pointing right back at you.

Trade agreements are a net benefit for the world, and a net benefit for our foreign policy, and in the long run, given the dislocations, are a net benefit for us, too.

I know in my soul when something feels like a sell out and I think for me, I knew that if I did the Jane's Addiction reunion thing, that I would feel like a sell out. That's how it would feel to me.

Things will go wrong or end up differently than you had imagined, and that's OK. Life isn't about being perfect. It's about being the best you can possibly be and finding the good in everything.

Everything changes and nothing stands still.

Most rappers taste level ain't at my waist level. Turn up the bass 'til it's up in your face level.

The great master key to riches is nothing more or less than the self-discipline necessary to help you take full and complete possession of your own mind.