Life as we know it is a death sentence.

If you're not living your truth, you're living a lie.

Truth is never negative. Only one's perception of it is.

Just because something 'is' doesn't mean that it should be.

There is something so beautiful and inspiring about picking ourselves up with humility and dignity after we fall.

"A creative life is not just for those fictional few who are "touched by the hand of God." We are all touched by the hand of God."

The silence between two notes is as beautiful and meaningful as the notes themselves.

With music and art, I can create the kind of world in which I wish to live.

One of the greatest acts of courage is having to face every day of life feeling unloved.

Looking for the good in everything is equally as misguided as looking for the bad in everything.

The most supreme beauty is that of the feminine; the source of all creativity. Even in my greatest despair, that realization alone restores my faith in God.

You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well, I took masses of opiates religiously.

Often I'll do research just to get a time period correct, but I didn't have to for the '70s... I feel like I can close my eyes and still see it so clearly.

And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens take his pleasure.

There is no choice for him but to believe. He has nothing left to give in offering.

The coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.' For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.

If love wasn't the law of life, life would not have persisted in the midst of death.

He's the type of man who will end up dying in his own arms.

It is true that race is a social fiction, a myth perpetuated by a variety of peoples throughout the modern period, especially, to further their own gains at the expense of others.

Don't show up to prove. Show up to improve.

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.