We must start human society from scratch; as Francis Bacon said, we must recreate human understanding.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.

May be the road you travel doesn’t give you the beautiful fate you have always dreamed off! Stop and change the road, no matter how difficult it may be!

No victory without war. No prize without price. No winning without contest.

No, I thought. Not just Hell. Really, Heaven was just as guilty. What kind of group could advocate goodness and not allow its members to love?

On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy.

Luckily for me, I genuinely like my audience. They really are a good bunch.

I'm a victim of maybe circumstances, but look at how it worked out?

The cultural differences between Germany and Nigeria were extreme. The way they dress, the way they carry themselves, their religion. For two years I was overwhelmed.

Love and a sense of calmness are the only things you need to bring to the experience of death.

God knows your breaking point. You simply don’t know your own strength.