Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or leg, or drowned him in the tub.

It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.

Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.

I don't really understsand why it's considered normal to stare at someone's eyeballs

Simply making myself aware of others has remarkably improved my social life. People accept me much faster now that I ignore them less.

I am sure antidepressants, drugs, and liquor have their place. But so far, that place is in others, not me.

There are plenty of people in the world whose lives are governed by rote and routine. Such people will never be happy dealing with me, because I don't conform.

And my experience in the music scene had shown me that there were places for places in the world where misfits were welcome.

This is a f***ing mess," I said tactfully.

Citizens who refuse to obey anything but their own conscience can transform countries, it is the basis of any real democracy.

Explore new learning adventures.

I didn't join a band. I didn't start a band. I got asked to do it. It kinda happened by accident.

Take the words of Jesus and let them become the Supreme Court of the Gospel to you.

Motorboat to heaven, baby's got the key. Tell me, how am I supposed to get in close back here on these water skis?

Don't be discouraged, but know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance brings character, and character brings hope, and this is a hope which will not disappoint us.

I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.

I do feel like once you know you are someone who is in the world and there are other countries and cultures, that stays with you and your decision-making forever.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

No Buddhist, no Christian, no Hindu. Deeply religious people have no religion. They belong to no seat, theirs is the religion of the heart!