It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.

There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

Let there be light, let there be life.

Common sense will tell us, thatthe power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, themost improper to defend us.

Life is all about exploring yourself.

It's unfashionable to admit, but playing music makes us happy and makes us smile.

My real motivation came from my desire for music videos to have the same equal soul-touching emotional resonance that straight music does.

Do you know the wish of your heart?" - The Darkest Road

We ought as much to pray for a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread.

February is just plain malicious. It knows your defenses are down.

I've always been a rough kid.

The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul.