There are only patterns. Patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns, patterns hidden by patterns, patterns within patterns.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

We must not learn to try harder. The key is to learn how not to try in the first place.

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

No man can use his Bible with power unless he has the character of Jesus in his heart.

I want a life that makes music - not just practices the piano.

Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off!

To look at possibility is to be free.

I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language.

Visualising something organises one's ability to accomplish it.

Hug the shore; let others try the deep.