Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.

No matter how much we ask after the truth, self-awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.

This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.

Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change

I never thought it would be easy to serve God, " she said. "I just didn't think it would be this hard.

We had something few experience. We were joined in our strengths rather than in our weaknesses.

It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.

Only fools prefer the past!

It has occurred to me more than once that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.

Facts produce structures, objects are lyrical realities.

What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to see in it.

Writing lyrics with your wife does lead to talking about yourselves a lot. But this is not an autobiographical account of my personal marriage. It's almost about the marriage of the band.

I say the one thing Hillary Clinton has over me is experience, but it's bad experience, because what she has done has turned out badly.

I'm devastated with the injury but I've proved my heart and skill to everyone by fighting one handed for eight rounds.

The sociopaths - that's the real problem. The whole street demeanor is about pretending to be a sociopath as well so that the real ones can't find you.

Some places speak distinctly. Certain dark gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for shipwreck.

Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.