The self is every person's true enemy.

But only those who have aims and ambitions for the benefit, not of the individual, but of humankind as a whole can persevere to the end.

When will it no longer be necessary to attach special weight to the word 'woman' and raise it specially?

Happiness is to take up the struggle in the midst of the raging storm and not to pluck the lute in the moonlight or recite poetry among the blossoms.

Nobody will be able to forgive me but myself.

In truth, it is I who have defiled myself, for one is one s own fiercest enemy.

Live and die your own way, unnoticed.

I wanted to escape from love, but didn't know how.

Happiness is to take up the struggle in the midst of the raging storm not to pluck the lute in the moonlight or recite poetry among the blossoms.

I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was.

We seek salvation through religion. But more often than not, religion fills our head with hatred and empties our heart of love.

I try to get control of the tempo, control of the flow, and get my teammates the ball in the best position to score.

I'd never have written the big books in London.

I want to be singing to everybody, and I want everybody to think that I'm singing to them. Guys, girls and everyone in between.

One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed.

Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.

I don't have a problem being on 'MTV,' and I don't have a problem being on the radio. I actually like it. So there. And anyone that calls me a sell out is just jealous.

When you get older, you're bothered, or inspired, by other things in life than a girl breaking up with you. Things get heavier as you get older.

Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains The east; 'tis time unfolds Eternity.