Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing.

We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.

It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.

We always know which is the best road to follow, but we follow only the road that we have become accustomed to.

Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning.

Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.

What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.

we who determine how quickly time passes.

When we want something, we have to have a clear purpose in mind for the thing that we want. The only reason for seeking a reward is to know what to do with that reward

When it is time to sow, sow and when it is time to harvest, you will harvest. Obey this rule.

To see the positive or not to see the positive, this is the question.

My father opened a restaurant. It's so amazing... it's so freaking delicious, but I'm telling you I gain five pounds every time I go in there.

You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie.

Once our idea of heaven meant all the dead relatives waiting on the kept lawn of the many mansions as if, suddenly sinless, they had nothing to do.

I could not help feeling that they were evil things -- mountains of madness whose farther slopes looked out over some accursed ultimate abyss.

I try to do the things that speak to me in one way or another, and sometimes I'm even drastic.

I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time.

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor. So people may choose to explore their other talents.

I look down at our linked fingers as I loosen my grasp, but he regains his grip on me. “No, don’t let go of me,” he says.