Living alone, with no one to consult or talk to, one might easily become melodramatic, and imagine things which had no foundation on fact.

No one human being knows the full truth about another human being. Not even one's nearest and dearest.

I mean that if you are not absolutely sure of a thing, it is so difficult to commit yourself to a definite course of action.

For, once there's a death, one doesn't like to think there's been harsh words spoken and no chance of taking them back.

Learning new things swiftly will help you PROSPER

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

The past can't now be altered, the future has yet to be lived, and consciously to experience every moment of the present is the only way to gain at least the illusion of immortality.

So high is my Lord’s palace, my heart trembles to mount its stairs: yet I must not be shy, if I would enjoy His love.

We often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.

Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.

Winning all the time is not necessarily good.

There are things that are not sayable. That’s why we have art.

Don't take yourself so personally.

I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins.