Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing.

I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.

She had a soul, and that meant she could be saved.

You can not be lazy and expect everyone to like you. That will be injustice.

Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights and the opening up of society.

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

It is absurd to think that a man can believe in Christ, with his heart, and it not have a radical affect on the rest of his life.

Where there is no work, there is no dignity.

I think it's wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.

Art is what is irresistible.