Music is the child of prayer, the companion of religion.

Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.

There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious.

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of the darkest clouds.

Every institution goes through three stages - utility, privilege, and abuse.

The heart feels, the head compares.

Forests were the first temples of the Divinity, and it is in the forests that men have grasped the first idea of architecture.

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

Love decreases when it ceases to increase.

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live --moreover, the only one.

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.

We ask to be recognized as men.

Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.

I have friends who are going through chemotherapy, and they make the darkest, most hideous cancer jokes you've ever heard.

I'm living for myself, everything I do is to achieve my goals, so I'd love to stop caring so much about what I want by then and maybe focus on a bigger picture.

Coming upon a space that sounds unique and incredible is just the best feeling.

I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and inhumane.

We are continually experiencing the conditioning to hold on, tighten, or resist.

Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain.