What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?

It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.

Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Education is all a matter of building bridges.

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it.

America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity.

There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

I answered the call to heal before I answered the call of duty to my country. My job is to help and heal, not to destroy.

Again time elapsed.

The edge of a precipice is a very merciless school

I am obsessed with not being obsessed with acquiring material things.

The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.

I'm concerned about organized religion getting away with what it gets away with.

I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

If you love music, than you can play music.

On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself.

Try to secure advantages before attacking. If possible, keep the sun behind you.