In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.

In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations.

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.

When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.

Sometimes it takes a lowly, title-less man to humble the world. Kings, rulers, CEOs, judges, doctors, pastors, they are already expected to be greater and wiser.

An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.

Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.

Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.

Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.

Faithfulness imparts God's reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option.

Don't sit around depressed and discouraged. Get a new vision for your life.

My dear poetry, There’s a likenessbetween your eyes and the stars–the same charming brilliance, my eyes have ever laid upon.

Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.

Charm is that extra quality that defies description.

Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they're heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy.

A great book is like great evil.

Elvis has left the building to climb up that heavenly stair. So what if he looks like a wart-hog in heat?

Nobody ever learns anything.

When I was done traveling, I returned convinced of one thing: we're nothing.

I can't give up. It's a rap thang. And I ain't goin back to the crack game.