The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

I drink from a small spring, my thirst exceeds the ocean.

We are brothers and sisters. We are one sacred family.

You can develop a positive self image with positive thoughts.

No matter whose fault, God sends us through storms so we can land in a place we never would have otherwise.

You never know what's right, what you feel inside versus what is portrayed.

Well, [bad] times like that bring out the best in some people and the worst in others.

I'll make love to you in all good places, under black mountains and open spaces.

I began graduate school in the late 1980s, and my goal was to understand how morality varied across cultures and nations. I did some research comparing moral judgment in India and the U.S.A.

That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short--not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.

You can judge the moral bearing of a political system, a political institution, a political man by the degree of danger they attach to the fact of being observed through the eyes of a satiric poet.