Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of everything, even pain.

Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.

The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you

I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

Every word is part of a picture, Every sentence is a picture. All you have to do is link them together.

I could tell you all the medical terminology,' She says. 'But what finally happened is his heart got to big for his body'

remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not.

I'm thinking maybe letting the latches burn is the right idea. Let everything burn until there's nothing left but ashes and cool rain.

It all boils down to this: A person has only two options in life, to do something or to do nothing.

His heart was simply to big for his body.

Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching

Two main categories of people are needed in your circle

In some rare cases, a friendship between two people benefits both of them, and what’s more, in some rarer cases, it benefits both of them equally.

It is easy to destroy a book, but an idea once implanted has roots no man can utterly destroy.

You were placed on this earth to create not to compete.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

I'm not a huge fan of romantic comedies - my taste goes much more to the offbeat and dark. I'd love to sink my teeth into something like Fargo.

One should feel inside oneself for right and wrong, and should have the patience to gradually realise one's God.

I have not let myself be stultified by science, whose highest goal is to furnish a 'waiting room', which it would be best to tear down.

One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.

I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me.