If there's a field you're interested in, do some research. If you can, go to school and study it to really understand it from its core.

Make sure you surround yourself with positive people that will support you and push you forward and won't drag you down or get in your way.

I hike a lot. The view and the air up in the hills are much greater than the hustle and bustle of the city. It makes it all look so silly and small.

Watch who you have around you, and focus, work hard, and be humble, and try to be good.

Think good, speak good, and be good.

Sometimes, I need to be high off the ground to keep grounded.

Dream big and love bigger.

Watch your thoughts. They turn into words, then turn into actions.

But now its too late, And I am so broken, I don't want to carry the weight, Of the words unspoken...

Every crowd has a silver lining.

What else is there to write about than love and loss?

Jesus called for nonviolent resistance to Rome and just distribution of land and food. He was crucified because he threatened Roman stability -- not as a sacrifice to God for humanity's sins.

Well I was on the one hand, the more I played the guitar the more I began to really love the guitar and to love virtually any kind of music that anybody played well on guitar.

Glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday, and dream of who you can be tomorrow.

Darren Criss in particular enjoys his spanking. In case you were curious.

If youre writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.

Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise--a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.

An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.