Most of us are imprisoned by something. We're living in darkness until something flips on the switch.

My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.

The failures and successes are necessary for learning.

So I heard the boom of my father's rifle when he shot my best friend. A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that.

Desire is to ask for something in silence, without really wanting it, for having it wouldn't fill you as much as having desired it.

Mourn with those are sorrowful.Be happy with those who are joyful.

he had kidded with us that if we didn't let go at the proper moment, he would slap our hands with a stick, and we had all laughed because who would be silly enough to hang on when they should let go?

Don't let the fear of the thorn keep you from the rose.

Men accept without questioning that this world is real and important and worthwhile. This is faith. Philosophy is the ongoing questioning of this faith.

Nobody will give you freedom. You have to take it.

T is the work of many a dark hour, many a prayer, to bring the heart back from an infant gone.

If you chuck away too many things, you end up discovering there was value in them.

A fine woman shews her charms to most advantage when she seems most to conceal them. The finest bosom in nature is not so fine as what imagination forms.