In a polity, each citizen is to possess his own arms, which are not supplied or owned by the state.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Poverty is a mental virus, even if one could get a million, the mindset will always kick in.

Money can't buy poverty.

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.

Im a songwriter and Id love to make that a part of my career.

That's why when I talk to younger comics, and they say, 'Well I need this and this, and I need so and so,' I tell them they don't need nothing. All you need is some great idea and go shoot it.

When angels fly inside your heart, that's when you can fly.

There is no limit to desire but desire's needs.

Musashi, who trained himself, became a master swordsman who was never defeated.

What is it about sameness that so draws me, and how could I begin to have that same kind of attraction to change?

I have so many other interests: Writing, acting, directing, real life, I need little pieces of it all to satisfy me. The thirst is deep and I am complicated.