What's terrible is that there's nothing terrible, that the very essence of life is petty, uninteresting, and degradingly trite.

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like. But i do know what the heart of a good man is like. And it is terrible.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

There were definitely times I couldn't shower for a full week because I could barely stand, it felt like having all your life sucked out of you.

A patchwork solution of provincial targets is an admission of defeat and a statement that we have failed our children and grandchildren.

I was always a lonely person when I was with everyone.

I've been doing the academic side of music and the rock side of music in conjunction, basically, since I was in fourth grade.

We must make a journey around the world to see if a back door has perhaps been left open.

We were hoping to build a small profitable company; and of course, what we've done is build a large, unprofitable company.

Iraq war has made us overlook domestic agenda.

You cant drag people from understanding to action. A customer isnt actually at the last mile if youre the one dragging her to the finish line.