It's nice to think that the weirdos get to decide what matters about the past, since it's the weirdos who care the most.

History is defined by people who don’t really understand what they are defining.

If a problem is irreversible, is there still an ethical obligation to try to reverse it?

The first moment someone calls for a revolution is usually the last moment I take them seriously.

People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn't. It continues and is ever-changing.

Hope is a happy spirit.

Life is a personal race. Run the race of life with all endurance.

Fear is born of Satan, and if we would only take time to think a moment we would see that everything Satan says is founded upon a falsehood.

Happiness is something that you don't postpone. If you are postponing happiness - it is something you will probably never experience much of.

I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death.

It's not about me - it's like, "How can I help you?" And when you give like that, you receive so much. It was an incredible experience, but it also gave me that bug: I wanted new music so badly.

If I can start my day out by saying my prayers and getting myself focused, then I know I'm doing the right thing. That 10 minutes helps me in every way throughout the day.

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a fat missionary.

In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose, and in the end, we get it all.