The world isn't made of atoms, it's made of stories.

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it makes you feel a bit better. When I cut myself, the drama of it calms me down.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

The revolution that's required isn't a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

If people have some sort of yearning, dissatisfaction or some itching irritability, then it might because they aren't looking in the right direction for a solution. They aren't looking within.

I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough.

If I die on my way to the dance, it will be better than to survive having never lifted my feet.

You can want one thing and have a secret wish for its opposite.

If a person has no delicacy he has you in his power.

If you don't change your schedule, you'll be the same person you've always been.

The idea that a child doesn't have the opportunity to be a child is devastating.

I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'

I fell for a boy from the wrong side of the tracks.

The American people rightly look to their military leaders to be not only skilled in the technical aspects of the profession of arms, but to be men of integrity

As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them.

All that matters to me now is my family.