Trouble cannot be avoided, you either go looking for it or it will come looking for you.

Do not be afraid of that which should be afraid of you

Do not be afraid of what should be afraid of you

Respect means: even in your absence people speak good of your person

Before you're given what you want, you'll first be tested with what you don't really want.

Sometimes we just want to be happy such that we don't care who gets hurt

Timidity is the silent acceptance of bondage

Some things are too good to be true and truly are good and true.

There is an absolute power that truly empowers without corrupting

Bad emotions can be hidden with a smile on the face

Real power, is the power that empowers without corruption

Peace can be found within, no matter the external circumstances.

It's nice to see how the suffering goes away in time. It always does

Fighting for peace is not the solution, but loving for peace is the solution.

I write every day when I'm at home - trying to catch up with correspondence.

I make music to make you sick of fake music, hate music like devil worshippin Satan music. So say your prayers, your Hail Marys and Jesuses. Take two sticks, tape 'em together and make a crucifix.

In mysticism we reorder those awarenesses. We combine and recombine them endlessly. We assemble them so we can experience aspects of the universe that most people will never know.

Innocence alone dares commit certain acts of audacity. Virtue, when tutored, is as calculating as vice.

I'm a world-class people watcher. I like to watch people's body movements, their expressions. It says so much about them.

Believers are increasingly aware that, unless the Good News is made known also in the digital world, it may be absent in the experience of many people for whom this existential space is important.

I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.