Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

To See What Is Right And Not Do It Is A Lack Of Courage.

What you do not want done to yourself do not do to others.

Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

Human happiness is defined by the hardships and conflicts you have been through. The greater they are, the greater is your happiness.

No victory without war. No prize without price. No winning without contest.

Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.

Two seconds are a thousand years.

Sicilians, Calabrians, Neapolitans - there were real differences between them, and then all of a sudden they're all living in the US, and then they're all Italians.

Obsession is a young man’s game.

The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had even been launched.

I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I really do.

Contingency is a thing unto itself, not the titration of determinism by randomness.

Suffering dispels the illusion that we have the strength and competence to rule our own lives and save ourselves.