Slow are the steps of freedom, but her feet turn never backward.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

The funniest thing people say to me: "I wish I had your life". Hello! I make a living writing about it.

i do not give a sh*t, the toilet miss me now

When grandpa was ill and could've died, I would have swapped all my record sales so he could get well. He is the reason I am a singer. He was my best friend growing up.

Take nine strokes off your score. Skip the last hole.

Can we fight against and subdue ourselves? That is the greatest difficulty we ever encountered, and the most arduous warfare we ever engaged in.

There are people in life, who show you how to live. There are people in life, who show you how to die.

I have always kept notebooks and I go back to them over and over. They are my compost pile of ideas.

Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.

Music is like a drug, but there are no rehabilitation centres.