That wild beast which lives in man and does not dare to show itself until the barriers of law and custom have been removed, was now set free.

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.

What doesn't hurt - is not life; what doesn't pass - is not happiness.

~beautiful soul weeps deep~

What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be.

What does your sorrow do while you sleep? -It’s awake and waiting. And when it loses patience, it wakes me up.

Forgetfulness heals everything and song is the most beautiful manner of forgetting, for in song man feels only what he loves.

I gave in to life. I was not defeated but outplayed.

I do not fear invisible worlds.

There is no rule without revolts and conspiracies, even as there is no property without work and worry.

Sadness is also a kind of defence.

While the world wasn't build for the humans, we were built for the world

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.

I've become so earthy. And I never was earthy. I'm doing all kinds of different roles which are not at all like the intellectual and the legal mind of Ben Stone.

It's a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.

One sits down first; one thinks afterwards.

I believe I am an honorable man.

The great thing about meditation is that I don’t ask for anything. Whereas when I pray I always ask for things!

I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

I was interested in maintaining the dignity and the hearts of the songs, letting them breathe and become what they are.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.