Thinking ... is a soundless dialogue, it is the weaving of patterns, it is a search for meaning. The activity of thought contributes to and shapes all that is specifically human.

Generative ideas emerge from joint thinking, from significant conversations, and from sustained, shared struggles to achieve new insights from partners in thought.

Language is double-edged; through words a fuller view of reality emerges, but words can also serve to fragment reality.

To think, it seems to me, is to hold an idea long enough to unlock and shape its power in the varied contexts of shared human knowledge.

Individuality should not translate to narcissism. Realizing the strength of individuality is an accomplishment while being narcissistic is a failure.

Forgiveness is one of the most beautiful words in the human vocabulary. How much pain and unhappy consequences could be avoided if we all learned the meaning of this word!

I talk to myself, especially in the car.

You're in a combat zone one day. You come home, and then you have to readjust, and it takes a few days. We just sit in the house, hang with the family and then things get better.

The Sonics I found later and that was pretty important

I didn't think that wave was going to offer a ton, ... But the wave just held form, and I was able to get a lot out of it.

Patriotism means loving our country, not the government.

The most evil creatures dont desire the destruction of everythingthey only desire to exploit it for themselves.

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

I sort of feel like music saved my life when I was young. This is the one thing that I knew I was good at.