The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

Being aware of who you are, you will ensure that you do not waste your time spending energy on unnecessary things

To live without awareness is to live as the deaf, blind, and dumb in a world of vibrant light and sound.

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.

I definitely care about how the concept of New York punk was constructed, and why it mattered. But I wasn't gonna do that. Partly because I'm not a great journalist...

We are the other of the other

You may exist in this world--but I exist too and I will not yield

Death is the black backing on the mirror that allows us to see anything at all.

I don't cause riots, but I do cause confusion. People freeze when they spot me.

Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.

Everyone always says that having kids is messy and sloppy. It's true, but you as a parent have to try to bring some boundaries and control over that experience, or you'd have out-of-control kids.