In labouring to be brief, I become obscure.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

I hurt in places that you brought back from the dead. Now I have to lay them to rest again.

Wherever there is ownership, there is upadhi (externally induced problems).

Never wish the death of anyone or you will lose your goodness inside you!

I'm always looking for good music.

Stun settings are for people who can't commit.

I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.

When you love someone so much that you are in pain when you are apart it ends up being destructive. I never want to be in that place again.

The surprising thing is that I was not funny in high school. I was always jealous of the funny kids because they always got the girls. I couldn't tell a joke to save my life.

It's hard to feel comfortable in your own skin when you're younger.

My family had a lot of characteristics - achievements, ambitions, talents, expectations - that all seemed to be recessive in me.