Poverty is the worst form of death.

Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn't believe it.

Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.

Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.

Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.

A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.

Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.

People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.

Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

Methodological naturalism is a “ground rule” of science today which requires scientists to seek explanations in the world around us based upon what we can observe, test, replicate, and verify

But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.

I'm just trying to survive and stay relevant! That's all anyone in the music business can ask for.

Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I've been afraid, I've been very self-protective.

The visible becomes inevitable.

We are living at an extraordinary time in human history. And for many of us things are great. Things are great for me.

Interviews are usually a follow-up, like a press junket or a publicity junket, or something like that, and I’m not doing any of that right now. I don’t have any axes to grind.

When the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.

Be just before you are generous.