One of the most insane environments I have ever spent time in is a gun range. There we are, all in a line, armed to the teeth, firing away.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

A person’s attitude creates the tone of his or her life. The highest expression of human dignity is to live a purposeful life devoted to principles and exhibiting compassion for other people.

I don't understand why you're so obsessed with figuring out everything that happens here, like we have to unravel every mystery.

Friends, you like it or not, life has a way of teaching us all these tough lessons.

I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing.

We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport.

I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a virtual space.

Jesus is more than a friend. He is a teacher of truth and life who shows us the way that leads to happiness.

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

All calls for justice require that victims feel avenged, and revenge is never just if it’s disproportionate.

The unpredictable and the predetermined unfold together to make everything the way it is.