There is always a part of our being into which those who are dearer to us far than our own lives are yet unable to enter.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

I want you to wrestle with the Bible. Do it. Wrestle until, Jacob-like, you walk with a limp ever after, and you receive the blessing of the Lord.

I'm not paid to feel. Just fix."- Sydney Chang

It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.

I'm a studio guy. That's really what I love the most. I'm so fascinated with audio gear and recording techniques and whatnot, it's pretty mesmerizing.

The world consisted of predators and prey. You were either hunting or running.

What is modesty but inverted pride?

We can never go back.

People say that I'm always late, but that's a myth

Anything new, anything worth doing, can't be recognized.

Strip clubs are the only place the band can go if we want to have a drink. You're left alone because the last thing the people there care about is us.