Politics is a game played by the rich with the lives of the poor.

Belief about God is religion. Belief in God is faith.

Science explains the how.Philosophy explains the why.Free-thinkers need both.

The process of dying is falling asleep. The process of death is waking up.

Freemasonry is a spiritual practice that good men of every spiritual practice can agree upon.

Kill someone on the behalf of yourself, you get deemed a murderer. Kill someone on behalf of your Government, you get deemed a hero.

Never confuse fighting for one's government with fighting for one's country.

When it comes to matters of dealing with the Government, one has to go through red tape just to get to the actual red tape.

An ideologue is one who places agenda above truth.

True power lies not in the spotlight, but in the influential shadows.

Mankind will never know peace until the last politician is strangled to death with the entrails of the last priest.

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

As you know Jesus more, you naturally love Him more. The less you know of Him, the less you love. To know Jesus is to love Him.

I think imagination is one of the greatest blessings of life, and while one can lose oneself in a book one can never be thoroughly unhappy.

You can rewire your brain and reinvent your life at any age

I'm worried about a permanent Republican majority. That's what I'm worried about for the future.

I don't shoot kittens with balls of wool. I don't shoot sunsets. What draws me? Ironic, surreal, unexplained, timely moments.

I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

...it gives you the impression that every day is Sunday.

I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching.

The soul is healed by being with children. --Fyodor Dostoyevsky