The lack of self-love has conditioned many to love those who inflict emotional pain on them, while hurting the ones who bring them the most joy.

The problem of political theory is how to combine that degree of individual initiative which is necessary for progress, with the degree of social cohesion which is necessary for survival.

Nobody can bring you a change. You have to want to change.

Living in a castle is objectively romantic.

It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration.

A contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

Men turn their faces to hell, and hope to get to heaven; why don't they walk into the horsepond, and hope to be dry?.

Which is better, truth that is a lie or the lie that is truth?

I feel like I'm getting better as a writer and as a singer and that there is more to discover there, so hopefully other people feel that way too without having to disassociate with the earlier work.

Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldnt be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.

The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent--I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world.