The law is reason, free from passion.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

I started writing to make sense of the world that exists inside my heart

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

Poetry speaks most effectively and inclusively (whether in free or formal verse) when it recognizes its connection - without apology - to its musical and ritualistic origins.

You are no better than you should be.

The story of 'Lasers' is my story. I didn't have to look too far to get subject matter for this record; it was stuff that was happening to me.

What concerns me now is that my life be a beautiful, powerful, in a word, a complete life of its kind.

You don't always have to know who you are. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what to do next.

One day I was asked to pick up $50,000 worth of gold chains for Mr. T. For real!

Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.

You never know when a helping hand will change another person's entire life.