It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

The idea of life is maximizing your time and living and effective life

Envy the fire, for it is either going or not. Fires do not feel happy, sad, angry. They burn, or they do not burn.

I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing.

Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, its all spirit.

People do whatever they want to do, y'know.

There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.

If you dissolve your personality, your presence becomes very powerful - this is the essence of spiritual sadhana.

You must not look in that mirror at your doughy legs and flat feet, for today is about dreams and illusions, and unfiltered natural daylight is the enemy of dreams.

Birds I am fine with - spiders are an entirely different matter.

I've done so much stuff and it's all so different.