The truth is now as it was yesterday, and as it always will be, that the world is-as we are

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally.

When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

Love only serves and does not calculate.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Materialism is an identity crisis.

I relax into bliss. I am content and full of joy.

Sticking to one person for a lifetime is not a waste of time or lack of better ones, it means you've found your place of eternity.

A silent room is not an affluent room.

Why is it that crisis pushes me to my own devices when those devices are frequently the very things that produced my crisis in the first place?

People don't do me much good.

I feel that one of the greatest gifts you can give someone is the truth, but sometimes my words will get stuck on the way out.

A lot of the stories are internal. They leak it to me wanting to get attention, wanting to get that headline. More times than not, I will not give it to them.

Man is born only as a potential. He can become a thorn for himself and for others, he can also become a flower for himself and for others.

I'm trying to find a way to make music work as a living. People used to make their living selling albums. Those days are over! It's kind of an odd time. I guess it's kind of like writing.