Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

When God keeps away certain people from you, it may be that the person is not good for you.

Refrain from being selfish to others, instead make some friend and stand up with dignity.

Hope is strong faith.

Yeah. When you want what's real and you try to find that in high school, you might as well be looking for a mossy rock beside a babbling brook on the corner of Sixth and Pine in downtown Seattle.

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.

I shall go on shining as a brilliantly meaningless figure in a meaningless world.

Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.

To hell with the future. It's a man-eating idol.

The only riots were the people trying to get tickets.

Skepticism cannot be revolutionary, even though it speaks the language of revolution.