The love I have for my daughter is completely unconditional, and it is the most important love in my life.

Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.

The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.

Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.

Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.

There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.

A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

You don't pay taxes; they take them from your check. That's not a payment - that's a 'jack.

A knife, it felt like a knife, and I'd discovered that despite everything that's happened, I still had an endless untapped potential for getting hurt.

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.

I don't care if New York avoided bankruptcy by substituting tourism for the garment business.

Even Lucifer looked impressed. He muttered, "Only Lucinda could pull that off.

The individual soul should seek for an intimate union with the soul of the universe.

The currency of this world will be worthless at our death or at Christ's return, both of which are imminent.

Attachment is the root of all suffering.

To me, always just - that scene is, like, so convenient. They never run out of bullets in action movies, unless it's at the most dramatic time possible.

Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more.