The creative consequences of man's imaginative strivings may never make him whole; but they constitute his deepest consolations and his greatest glories.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

It's not psychopathology that counts. It's what you do with it.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

Whether a belief is considered to be a delusion or not depends partly upon the intensity with which it is defended, and partly upon the numbers of people subscribing to it.

I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place.

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

The creative person is constantly seeking to discover himself, to remodel his own identity, and to find meaning in what he creates.

The sane are madder than we think, the mad saner.

Trust is the base for all relations. If it breaks, then it’s not easy to rejoin. It’s very easy to say ‘I don’t trust you’, but the pain these words cause is immense.

Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences.

I think the 60s and 70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure.

Our victory rests not on faith in our spirituality. Our victory rests on faith in our God.

Usually, I fly in the day before a concert so your voice can acclimate to the new environment.

The three drunkest cities in America: Fresno, Riverside, and whatever Mel Gibson is driving through.

Happy days are here again, The skies above are clear again: Let us sing a song of cheer again, Happy days are here again!

Anything that I undergo, I look at as redemptive suffering.

Poverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity.

Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.