No matter how painful something is, you have to take it. I saw that in both my parents.

The key to getting the record is running fast because someone else did not take it too crazy at the beginning, so it leaves me with a lot of energy to close.

When you are no longer a boy, you have to be tough.

Obviously, I'm suffering from lack of sleep, but it truly is a blessing to be a mother.

You benefit from getting in enough volume at the beginning of your training.

You seek help from the elders. A society with elders is healthy. It's not always that way in the West.

What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds!

Liberty is too precious to be buried in books. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say, 'I'm free'.

Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.

There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.

You think she's pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!

If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.

Let the mad find wisdom in their madness for the sane, and let the sane be grateful.

I did a gig in the U.S. once for the homeless. I said 'It's nice to see so many bums on seats.'

It's okay to be a freak.

I hope people can see us SHINee, who are doing what we can do now, as we are.